The Yankee National Party was founded in 2020 to work for independence for the New England states. In 2026 it has one nominee on the ballot with the party label. Deena Steinberg is running for Connecticut State House, 12th district.

The only other party in the U.S. still in existence that favors independence for any particular state is the California National Party. It ran its state chair, Sean Forbes, for Governor in the June 2026 primary. He was not on the primary ballot but he filed as a declared write-in, and received 22 votes.

On September 14, the Albuquerque Journal published this story about the Forward Party’s ballot access lawsuit, which is now pending in the Tenth Circuit. The story mentions that New Mexico has 70 state legislative races this year, and in 39 of them, only one candidate is on the ballot.

Late on September 14, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to stay the order of the lower courts that had stopped the plan for the post office to have its own list of voters and to refuse to deliver ballots from or to voters not on the list. U.S. Postal Service v California, 26A305. Here is the order. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito would have allowed the plan to go into effect.