On April 1, independent U.S. House candidate David Gill filed a four-page notice with the U.S. District Court in Illinois, which is handling his case against the Illinois 5% petition for independent candidates for U.S. House. The notice tells the court that on March 29, the Georgia 5% petition requirement for independent candidates for U.S. House was struck down. Therefore, as the notice explains, Illinois now has the nation’s most severe petition requirement for U.S. House.

The Illinois case is Gill v Scholz, c.d., 3:16cv-3221.