Six names will be on the Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party’s presidential primary ballot in February: Jared Ball, Elaine Brown, Cynthia McKinney, Kent Mesplay, Ralph Nader, and Kat Swift.

Massachusetts doesn’t require candidates in presidential primaries to file; the law says the Secretary of State should place candidates on the ballot who are mentioned in the news media. In the case of minor parties, states with laws like this generally let the state party chair decide whom to list, and this list was approved by the Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party’s leadership.