The United Independent Party is a ballot-qualified party in Massachusetts. However, Massachusetts requires every qualified party to do one of two things to remain ballot-qualified: (1) poll 3% for any statewide race; (2) have registration equal to 1% of the state total.

The United Independent Party, formed in 2014, does not expect to have a presidential nominee in 2016. It is only interested in Massachusetts state government issues. And in 2016, there are no other statewide races on the ballot in Massachusetts. Therefore, the party will lose its status unless it can get its registration up to approximately 40,000 members by November 2016.

The party has been working on getting more registrants, and at the end of June 2014, it had 6,100. If the party achieves its registration goal, it will be the first party, other than the Democratic and Republican Parties, to have met that goal. The 1% registration alternative has only existed in the law since 1990.