This story explains the primary ballot access situation for Democratic candidates in Florida, Massachusetts, Tennessee, and North Carolina. All four state Democratic Parties have the ability to tell the state elections office whom to add to the party’s presidential primary ballot. All four state parties refuse to list anyone other than Joe Biden.

However, as the party explains, there are alternate ways to get on the ballot in Massachusetts, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Phillips is using them in Massachusetts and Tennessee, but the story does not say if he is trying to get the required 10,000 signatures in North Carolina.

The two other states in which the state party has complete control over who gets on its presidential primary ballot are Minnesota and Georgia, but those state Democratic Parties are putting Phillips on their ballots.