The Montana Green Party is circulating the petition for party status, which requires 5,000 signatures. The party hopes to complete the drive in time to participate in any special U.S. House election that may be called if Congressman Ryan Zinke resigns to become Secretary of Interior. He won’t resign until he is confirmed, so the date of the election is unknown.

Jill Stein was on the November 2016 ballot in Montana as the Green Party nominee, but she didn’t receive enough votes to qualify the party. She received 7,970 votes, but the law required her to get 12,797 to turn the party into a qualified party.