The Nevada law on party retention is: (1) either the party must hold 1% of the registration; or (2) it must poll for any of its nominees a number of votes that equals 1% of the total vote cast in the state for US House.

There is no Democratic nominee this year in the U.S. House, second district, the northern Nevada district. Therefore, the Libertarian nominee in that district is overwhelmingly likely to poll enough votes to keep the party on the ballot. Because Nevada has four districts, the Libertarian nominee needs approximately 4% of the vote in his race, because that is approximately 1% of the entire state’s vote for US House.

The Libertarian Party also has statewide candidates for President and U.S. Senate, but it not a safe bet that either will poll as much as 1%. In 2022, the Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate only polled .64%.

Libertarian registration in Nevada, as of September 1, was only .81%. The other ballot-qualified third party, the Constitution Party affiliate which is called the Independent American Party, doesn’t need to worry about the vote test because its registration is 4.46%.