On December 16, the Sixth Circuit heard Graveline v Benson, 20-1337. This is the challenge to the number of signatures needed in Michigan for a statewide independent candidate. It was filed in 2018 by Christopher Graveline, an independent candidate for Attorney General. The law required 30,000 signatures. The courts in 2018 enjoined the law and put him on the ballot. Now the panel will decide whether the 30,000 requirement is too difficult. Here is a link to the oral argument. It seems somewhat likely that there will be a split decision. The same three judges who issued the injunction in 2018 are on the same panel now, and because the vote was 2-1 to put Graveline on the ballot, the vote will probably also be 2-1 to declare the requirement unconstitutional. Here is a Courthouse News Service story about the oral argument.
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