On January 26, U.S. District Court Yvette Kane will hear Benezet Consulting v Cortes, m.d., 1:16cv-74. The hearing is at 9:30 a.m. in Harrisburg. The issues are whether the Pennsylvania ballot access laws that were struck down last year for minor party and independent candidates should also be struck down for petitions to get on a primary ballot.

The three laws struck down last year in Green Party of Pennsylvania v Aichele were: (1) the ban on out-of-state circulators; (2) the ban on a voter signing two petitions for the same office; (3) the requirement that each petition sheet be notarized.