CCD joins the Initiative and Referendum Institute at the University of Southern California to file this amicus brief in support of the petition for certiorari in Schmitt v. LaRose, No. 19-974. The case challenges the constitutionality of Ohio laws that give local elections officials discretion to reject ballot initiatives based on their subject matter. Initiatives deemed to be “administrative” rather than “legislative” in nature may be rejected.#ballotinitiatives #Ohio #amicusbrief

CCD files a motion for preliminary injunction in Baines v. Dunlap, No. 1:19-cv-00509 (D. Me.), which challenges the constitutionality of Maine’s laws that make it practically impossible for non-wealthy citizens to form a new political party. #Maine #ballotaccess #thirdparties #preliminaryinjunction

The Supreme Court ordered Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs to respond to CCD’s petition for certiorari in Arizona Libertarian Party v. Hobbs, our case challenging Arizona’s laws that make it practically impossible for the Arizona Libertarian Party to run candidates in the primary election, which means the candidates are excluded from the general election ballot. A “call for response” means the Court is interested in the case.#Arizona #SCOTUS #libertarians #certiorari

CCD argues appeal before Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Gill v. Scholz, No. 19-1125 (7th Cir.), which challenges Illinois’ 5 percent signature requirement and 90-day petitioning period for independent candidates for U.S. House.#Illinois #signatures #petitions #ballotaccess #appeals

The federal district court granted CCD’s motion for summary judgment in Graveline v. Johnson, No. 2:18-cv-12354 (E.D. Mich.), our case challenging Michigan’s ballot access requirements for independent candidates for statewide office.#Michigan #summaryjudgement

CCD files petition for certiorari in Arizona Libertarian Party v. Hobbs, No. 19-757, our case challenging the constitutionality of Arizona’s laws that make it practically impossible for the Arizona Libertarian Party to place candidates on the primary election ballot, thus excluding them from the general election ballot.#certiorari #Arizona #libertarians

The federal district court in Texas denied the defendant’s motion to dismiss in Miller v. Doe, No. 1:19-cv-00700 (W.D. Tex., July 11, 2019), CCD’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Texas’s ballot access laws.#Texas #motiontodismiss

CCD files new lawsuit to challenge the constitutionality of Maine’s laws that make it practically impossible for non-wealthy citizens to form a new political party. The case is Baines v. Dunlap, No. 1:19-cv-00509 (D. Me.).#Maine #filing

CCD and co-counsel from Shearman & Sterling argue in federal district court in Texas against the defendant’s motion to dismiss in Miller v. Doe, No. 1:19-cv-00700 (W.D. Tex., July 11, 2019). The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of Texas’s ballot access laws. #Texas