Even though Americans Elect became a fully-qualified party in Maine in January 2012, and state law says all qualified parties nominate by primary, the Maine Secretary of State has complied with Americans Elect’s request that no primary ballots be printed for Americans Elect. The Americans Elect request was made back on February 1, 2012, and had nothing to do with last week’s decision by Americans Elect not to nominate anyone for President and Vice-President.

Maine permits write-ins in primaries, so in theory, if Americans Elect primary ballots had been printed up, individuals could have sought the Americans Elect nomination for various partisan offices. The Maine primary is June 12.

The Secretaries of State of California and North Dakota had previously issued similar rulings.