Month: February 2021

On February 25, 2021, CCD sent Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds this letter urging her not to sign HF590 and SF413 into law on the ground that the legislation is unconstitutional under long-settled Supreme Court precedent establishing the “one person, one vote” principle.The legislation has passed both the Iowa House and the Iowa Senate, and news media reports indicate that Governor Reynolds intends to sign it. If enacted, the legislation will impose several changes to Iowa election law that will rest

In case you missed it — entrepreneur Mark Cuban recently joined Sway, Kara Swisher’s New York Times podcast, for a wide-ranging discussion on a number of issues including his support for our work to expand and protect voter choice in American elections. Check it out here. Cuban discusses CCD’s work at around 31:58.

In partnership with the outstanding teams at the Northwestern Supreme Court Practicum and Sidley Austin LLP, and with CCD Advisory Board member Mark Brown as lead counsel, CCD has filed this petition for certiorari seeking Supreme Court review of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in Thompson v. DeWine, which held that Ohio’s strict enforcement of its in-person petitioning requirements during the Covid-19 pandemic did not violate the First Amendment rights of citizens who seek to place

CCD founder and legal counsel Oliver Hall is pleased to join former Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and others for the Citizen Advocacy Center’s forum, A Path to Direct Democracy, tonight at 7:30 Eastern.We’ll be discussing the challenges that proponents of initiatives and referenda faced in the 2020 election cycle, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, legal developments relating to ballot access and the prospects for reform, among other topics. For more information and to register visit the Citizen