U.S. District Court Judge John Woodcock of Maine still has not ruled on the ballot access lawsuit filed September 9 by Laurie Dobson. She is an independent candidate for U.S. Senate. The hearing was Friday, September 12, and the Judge indicated he would rule very quickly, but as of 8:15 a.m. eastern time, Tuesday, September 16, he has not done so. The issue is whether a candidate who turns in her petitions to the town clerks by the deadline should still be kept off the ballot just because the town clerks didn’t finish checking the signatures in time.