Illinois petitioning for unqualified parties and independent candidates is not permitted until March 24. When the petitioning window opens, the Libertarian Party petition will list Bennett Morris for president and Bob Johnston for vice-president. Illinois does not have party petitions, but it does allow stand-ins for its candidate petitions.

Illinois Libertarians and Greens are working to persuade state legislators to pass some ballot access reform that would take effect very soon, and are also making plans for lawsuits if no relief is given. The statewide petition is 25,000 signatures. Illinois is under a “lockdown” imposed by the state government, similar to New York and California.

On March 20, the Ohio Supreme Court said that the Libertarian Party may intervene in the Democratic Party’s lawsuit over the decision to postpone the primary (for president and all other office). The Libertarian Party will argue that the state officials who moved the primary didn’t have the authority to do that, at least relative to federal offices.

On March 19, U.S. District Court Judge Victoria Roberts refused to amend her decision in Graveline v Johnson, 2:18cv-12354. See her order here. She had earlier struck down the Michigan law requiring statewide independent candidates to collect 30,000 signatures. The state had asked her to amend her order, but she refused.