In November 2022, the No Labels Party submitted its petition to be a qualified party in Ohio for 2023 and 2024. The Secretary of State sent the petition to the counties for verification earlier this month. Because the party submitted almost twice the required number, it is extremely likely the petition is valid.

Because No Labels submitted its petition so early, it won’t be a qualified party in 2025 and 2026, unless it polls at least 3% for president in 2024 (assuming it runs someone for president in 2024), or unless it does another petition in 2025. Ohio law is unique in that, after a party petition is submitted, the number of even-year elections that the party gains qualified status depends on when the petition was submitted, relative to the next even-numbered election. If No Labels had submitted its petition later than November 2023, it would automatically have been on through the November 2026 election.