As already reported, on May 18 a U.S. District Court struck down New York state’s ban on out-of-state petitioners. The state has filed a request with the court that the ban remain in place until November 2018. That, of course, would make it more difficult for the nominees of unqualified parties to get on the ballot this year. The petitioning period for general election petitioning does not begin until July 2018. The plaintiff Libertarian Party has asked the court to let the decision goes into effect immediately.