The Missouri deadline for independent candidate petitions, and petitions to qualify a new party, was July 29.  This year, only three statewide petitions were submitted:  (1) the Better Party, which has no interest in the presidential race; (2) the Green Party; the independent Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. petition.

The first petition has already been found valid.  The Secretary of State will soon check the validity of the other two.  The Libertarian Party is already on the ballot because of its vote totals in 2022.

This will be the first year since 1994 that the Constitution Party is not on the ballot.  It didn’t poll enough votes in either 2020 or 2022 to remain ballot-qualified, and it did not complete a petition this year.