The U.S. District Court in Hawaii held a trial all day March 10, and part of the day March 11, in Nader v Cronin. The issue is the state’s arbitrary method for determining whether a signature on a ballot access petition is valid or not. The hearing went well, and it seems the judge indicated that unless the Hawaii Supreme Court acts in a related case before June 1, that the federal court will issue a helpful ruling that will assist petitioners in future petitions. Thanks to Dorothy Cornell for this news.