The New Mexico ballot access case hearing will be in federal court on September 18. The judge will probably rule very soon afterwards whether to place the Libertarian Party nominees on the ballot. The issue is whether New Mexico (uniquely among all states) may require a new party to submit one petition to qualify itself, and then additional petitions for each of the people it has nominated by convention. The party already did the petition to qualify itself, and argues that the state has no interest in requiring any more petitions.