On August 22, a hearing was held in U.S. District Court in Michigan for the independent candidate ballot access case. The issue is the Michigan law for statewide independent candidates, which requires a petition due in July, even though the primary is not until August. The petition requirement, 30,000 signatures, has been in existence since 1988, but in the years since then, only twice has anyone completed that petition. The case is Graveline v Johnson, e.d., 2:18cv-12354. UPDATE: an earlier version of this post said a decision won’t be rendered until September 12, but that was mistaken. The judge indicated she would rule shortly, perhaps in a week.