On August 20, Chris Graveline filed his reply brief in Graveline v Johnson, e.d., 2:18cv-12354. This is the case that challenges Michigan’s petition requirement for independent candidates for statewide office. The plaintiff is running as an independent for Attorney General. The hearing is August 22. This reply brief stresses that the case challenges the petition deadline, which is several weeks in advance of the primary. It points out that the Secretary of State’s brief didn’t even defend that deadline. Courts are virtually unanimous that non-presidential independent candidate petitions can’t be earlier than the primary date.