On September 29, the plaintiff in Strait v Fenumiai said he won’t appeal the decision of the Alaska state trial court. The trial court had ruled that if the state lets parties substitute a new nominee for Lieutenant Governor, then the state must let independent tickets have the same flexibility.

Bill Walker, independent candidate for Governor, had petitioned for a place on the ballot with a particular Lieutenant Governor running mate. Later that original Lieutenant Governor candidate withdrew and Walker added the Democratic nominee for Governor (who had withdrawn from the gubernatorial race) as his Lieutenant Governor running mate. The state elections office had accepted this change, but then a Republican Party official had sued to stop the switch. But the challenger lost in trial court, and he won’t appeal. See this story.