The Texas Secretary of State has ruled that the non-presidential independent candidate petition deadline this year will be August 13. That is because the law says that deadline is 30 days after the runoff primary, and the Secretary of State had already moved the runoff primary to July 14.

However, the Texas presidential independent candidate deadline continues to be May 11, because the law on that deadline does not tie the deadline to the primary date. It seems obvious that if Texas is going to let independent candidates for office other than president submit their petitions in August, there is no valid reason not to let independent presidential candidates have the same deadline. Thanks to Jim Riley for this news.