Missouri Representative Theodore Hoskins (D-Berkeley) has again introduced his bill to move the petition deadline for independent candidates from July to March. It is HB 571. It includes independent presidential candidates as well as independent candidates for other office. Rep. Hoskins introduced the same bill two years ago, but it did not pass. The Missouri independent petition deadline was in April in the past, but that deadline was held unconstitutional in 1976 in McCarthy v Kirkpatrick, 420 F Supp 366.