Nevada has two methods for a party to retain its qualified status. It can either run a candidate for any partisan office who polls votes equal to 1% of the number of votes cast in the entire state for U.S. House, or it can have registered members that are equal to at least 1% of the state total.

The Libertarian Party, in the March 2018 voter registration tally, for the first time has registration above 1% of the state total. There is no real practical significance for the party, because it always easily passes the alternate vote test. But, theoretically, the party could now remain on the ballot even if it had no candidates. Of course it is conceivable that its registration total might dip below 1% in the future, so it would then again need to pass the vote test. Thanks to Andy Craig for this information.

On April 3, Brian Defferding, a member of the Libertarian Party, was elected to the Winnebago County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors. The race was nonpartisan and he was the only candidate on the ballot for District 6.

He was simultaneously running for Neenah City Counci, district one, and he did not win that race. Here is his facebook page explaining the incident that caused him to run for both offices. Thanks to Andy Craig for this news.

On April 4, the Alaska Supreme Court put out an order in State v Alaska Democratic Party, S-16875. It says that the lower state court was correct, when it ruled that the party has a right to let independent candidates run in its primary. Here is the 5-page order. The Court will write a full opinion later. Chief Justice Craig Stowers wrote separately to say that he doubts that he agrees with the majority, but that he will postpone his decision until the full opinion is written. The Court released this order only a few days after the hearing, because it was aware that election officials and candidates needed to know the rules as soon as possible.