On October 6, a U.S. District Court Judge in Illinois issued an entry into the record of Libertarian Party of Illinois v State Board of Elections, n.d., 1:12cv-2511. It says, “As the Court requires additional time to finalize its ruling on the pending cross-motions for summary judgment, the status hearing set for October 7, 2015 is stricken and reset for October 30, 2015, at 9 a.m. The Court does not anticipate that the new status date will be reset.”

The issue is the unique Illinois law that says newly-qualifying parties (but not already existing parties) must run a full slate of candidates. The Libertarian Party filed this case in 2012 and it still hasn’t had a decision on the merits. The judge who has the case now has now postponed a decision seven times in the last two years.