On August 8, an independent candidate for the U.S. House filed a lawsuit against North Carolina’s procedures for independents for district office. The law requires a petition signed by 4% of the number of registered voters. That law is so strict, in the 107 years since North Carolina has used government-printed ballots, no independent candidate for U.S. House has ever qualified for that ballot. Adding insult to injury, in 2006 the North Carolina legislature amended the law to provide that independent candidates must pay a large filing fee as well as getting the approximately 15,000 to 20,000 signatures. The case is Greene v Bartlett, in U.S. District Court, western district. The Coalition for Free & Open Elections helped fund this case. Thanks to every reader who has ever contributed to COFOE. The case number is 5:08-0088.