The North Carolina State Board of Elections says it will consider the validity of the No Labels Party petition at its August meeting. The date hasn’t been set yet. The County Boards have already determined that No Labels has 14,797 valid signatures. The requirement is 13,757. See this story.
In 2022, after the County Boards had determined that the Green Party had enough valid signatures, the State Board (which has a Democratic majority) still refused to put the Green Party on the ballot. The Green Party sued, and a U.S. District Court ordered the Board to certify the party.
The Green Party case is still open for a decision on the constitutionality of the State Board’s action. The State Board has been trying to get it declared moot. If the State Board treats the No Labels Party the way it treated the Green Party in 2022, that will prove the case is not moot.
It is good that the news article explained that unlike Maine, the NC petition does not affect party registration.
The board did not prove a critical level of fraud last year. The board may not add “free of untried or undisclosed evidence of fraud” as a ballot access requirement.