On July 16, the Maine Libertarian Party filed this letter brief with the U.S. District Court that is hearing the party’s lawsuit over how a party gains and keeps qualified status, and also how a member of a small qualified party may get on the primary ballot.

The party’s letter was in response to a letter sent to the court last month by the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State’s letter said that the 2021 legislature had eased the means for a party to remain ballot-qualified, and therefore the Libertarian case is now less persuasive, because the law is better now. But the legislature did nothing to make it easier for a party to become ballot-qualified, nor did it ease the difficulty of a member of a small qualified party to get on the primary ballot for that party.