The Eleventh Circuit will hear Cowen v Raffensperger, 19-14065, on Tuesday, May 19. This is the case filed by the Libertarian Party of Georgia in 2017, challenging the petition requirement for minor party and independent candidates for U.S. House. The U.S. District Court had upheld them, even though no one has successfully completed this petition since 1964, and no minor party has ever done so. The 5% petition was passed in 1943.

This case should not be confused with the lawsuit filed this year, to ease petitioning for 2020 for all office, due to the health crisis.