On October 15, the Michigan State Court of Appeals refused to rehear Socialist Party of Michigan v Secretary of State, 299951.  This is the case in which the Socialist Party challenges the Michigan ballot access laws, on the grounds that the state requires almost twice as many signatures to get a newly-qualifying party on the ballot, than it requires votes for an old party to remain ballot-qualified.

The party is likely to appeal to the State Supreme Court.  States in which courts have ruled that the requirements to get a new party on the ballot cannot be tougher than the requirements for an old party to remain ballot-qualified are Ohio (in 1968), Kansas (1982), and Massachusetts (1972).