On April 29, several independent candidates filed a lawsuit to cut the number of signatures and obtain a later deadline. The lead plaintiff, Dan Whitfield, needs 10,000 signatures by May 1. He is running for U.S. Senate. He is over halfway with his drive, because he has been working on it since late last year. Whitfield v Thurston, e.d., 4:20cv-466. Here is the Complaint.

The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Kristine Baker, the same judge who struck down the Arkansas 3% petition for newly-qualifying parties last year.