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Martin Cowen, et al. v. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 21-13199 · judgment January 5, 2022
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Does a State violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments when its ballot-access restrictions on thirdparty candidates for United States Representative are so onerous that—despite many attempts over more than three-quarters of a century—no such candidates have ever satisfied them and likely never will?
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Does a State violate the Equal Protection Clause when it requires third-party candidates to gather more signatures to get on the ballot in a congressional district than they would need for a statewide office?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Bryan Ludington Sells
The Law Office of Bryan L. Sells, LLC
For respondent
Stephen John Petrany
Georgia Department of Law
Proceedings
- Oct 03 2022Petition DENIED.
- Sep 01 2022Brief amicus curiae of Libertarian National Committee filed. (Distributed)
- Aug 29 2022Brief amicus curiae of Coalition for Free and Open Elections filed. (Distributed)
- Aug 22 2022Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Martin Cowen, et al.
- Aug 10 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
- Aug 04 2022Waiver of right of respondent Brad Raffensperger to respond filed.
- Jul 29 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 1, 2022)
- Apr 28 2022Application (21A647) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until July 29, 2022.
- Apr 21 2022Application (21A647) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 29, 2022 to August 28, 2022, submitted to Justice Thomas.