On September 29, the Massachusetts Libertarian Party asked voters to vote “no” on Question Three, the top-two initiative. Here is the party’s website recommendations on all statewide ballot measures.

The party wrote: “This question would basically eliminate third party candidates from the general election ballot. California has adopted this election method, and often the two-top vote winners are in the same party, depending upon the district both are Democrats or both Republicans, giving voters no real choice in the general election.”

The brief statement made no mention of the problem that if the Measure passes, and if the Massachusetts Libertarian Party polls over 3% of the vote for Auditor on November 3, 2026, that under the old law, the party would have regained its party status. But under the new law, which would go into effect on January 1, 2028, the party would no longer meet the definition of “party”. The measure says that groups become ballot-qualified if they poll 3% for a statewide office in the September primary. The vote test would no longer apply to the November election. But the Massachusetts Libertarian Party obviously did not have its candidate for Auditor on the September 2026 primary, so it would lose its party status on January 1, 2028.