On the afternoon of Friday, August 26, U.S. District Court Judge Mark Cohen heard oral arguments in De La Fuente v Kemp, n.d., 1:16cv-2937. The issue is the Georgia law that requires independent presidential candidates to notify the state of the names of their presidential elector candidates by July 1, even though the petition is not due until July 12 and even though the names of the electors are on the petition. Furthermore, Georgia doesn’t print the names of presidential elector candidates on the November ballot.

The hearing seemed to go well for De La Fuente. A decision is expected early next week.