Maryland now has four qualified parties, one fewer than before the election. The Green Party and the No Labels Party continue to be qualified, but the Libertarian Party went off the ballot for failing to poll 1% for President.

The Green Party and the No Labels Party each petitioned in 2024, and when a party petitions in Maryland, it gets the next two elections. The Green Party polled over 1% of the vote for president this year anyway, so it qualified two ways. But when a party polls 1% for President or Governor, it only gets one more election, so the Green Party’s accomplishment of getting over 1% for Jill Stein didn’t actually make a difference.

Under Maryland precedent, if a qualified party doesn’t file any reports, the State Board of Elections may remove it from qualified status. Ralph Nader’s Independent Party of 2008 was removed for that reason. So it is possible that No Labels will get removed from the ballot, but so far it is still there.