On May 2, the Maine Secretary of State was instrumental in having LD 1571 introduced. It says that newly-qualifying parties may qualify by March of election years if they have 5,000 registered members. Also it says that qualified parties that have at least 5,000 registrants, but fewer than 50,000 registrants, may nominate by convention instead of by primary. The bill will be heard in committee on Monday, May 8.
With Ranked-Choice pass, Third parties in Maine will be staying in ballot even longer and that’s better help for American people to have politically free will to vote that party stands with their ideology.