On July 13, U.S. District Court Judge Paul Barbadoro held a trial in Libertarian Party of New Hampshire v Gardner, 1:14cv-322. The purpose of the hearing was to hear from activists from the New Hampshire Libertarian Party about the difficulty of completing the party petition, which requires signatures equal to 3% of the last gubernatorial vote. The party has done this petition drive twice, in 2000 and 2012, and both times took a year or more to get the job done. The lawsuit challenges the 2014 law that says no one can start this petition drive until January 1 of the election year.

Rich Tomasso and John Babiarz were the only two witnesses. Their testimony went on for four hours and fifteen minutes. The hearing went well. The judge said there will be a decision by the middle of August 2015.