On October 3, U.S. District Court Judge Michael H. Wilson set an expedited schedule for briefing in two cases that challenge Ohio’s new ban on out-of-state circulators for all types of petitions except independent presidential candidate petitions. The two cases, which are being heard together, are Citizens in Charge v Husted, and Libertarian Party of Ohio v Husted. The first deals with initiative petitions and the second with candidate petitions.

The state’s brief is due October 18 and any response brief by the plaintiffs is due October 25.