The new voter registration data for Colorado shows that Libertarian registration is now at 1.02% of the state total. This is the first time Libertarian registration has exceeded 1% of any state’s total, except that the Alaska Libertarian registration has been above that level for approximately a decade.

Alaska law permits a party to remain ballot-qualified if it has registration equal to 3% of the last vote cast, so the Alaska Libertarian Party constantly goes on registration drives to remain on the ballot. By contrast, the Colorado Libertarian registration just happened naturally, without a concerted party effort to increase its registration.

The new data means that the party’s nominee for U.S. Senate, Lily Tang Williams, will be allowed into one particular debate. See this story. The story makes it seem as though it is rare for Colorado minor party and independent candidates to be invited into debates, but on October 14, 2014, all six gubernatorial candidates who were on the ballot debated each other. Thanks to Independent Political Report for the link.