COWEN v. SECRETARY OF STATE OF GEORGIA

No. 21-13199.

22 F.4th 1227 (2022)

Martin COWEN, an individual, Allen Buckley, an individual, Aaron Gilmer, an individual, John Monds, an individual, Libertarian Party of Georgia, Inc., a Georgia nonprofit corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross Appellants, v. SECRETARY OF STATE of the State OF GEORGIA, Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: January 5, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan L. Sells , Law Office of Bryan L. Sells, LLC, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross Appellants.

Charlene S. McGowan , Christopher Michael Carr , Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee.

Cristina Correia , Josiah Benjamin Heidt , Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, GA, for Service.

Before William Pryor, Chief Judge, Grant, and Hull, Circuit Judges.


Georgia law places restrictions on which prospective candidates for elective office can appear on the general election ballot. Over the past 50 years, courts have repeatedly rejected constitutional challenges to these ballot-access laws: first the Supreme Court, then our predecessor circuit, and then this Circuit, twice.

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