While I generally agree, from what I read, the issue is that the court extended the date that for collecting signatures, appeals court put that on hold. Yes, they should still start counting to save time, especially as they’ve said they’re going to be very, very picky about the signatures, but of course they don’t want to waste time and money on that while the date is up in the air… it has nothing whatsoever to do with trying to delay things as long as possible.