Here is a story from South Dakota stimulated by No Labels recent successful completion of its petition drive there. The same news source also has a story that No Labels will cease its operations, if it thinks that its efforts will help Donald Trump be elected President in 2024.
The existence of No Labels is reminiscent of Americans Elect from 2010 to 2012, which ultimately decided not to run a Presidential ticket in 2012. Here is the Wikipedia article on Americans Elect.
The Libertarian National Committee will be meeting on Sat-Sun, August 19-20, 2023 at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC. That hotel is the site of the 2024 Libertarian Party Presidential Nominating Convention on Memorial Day weekend 2024. The LNC will be hosting a Ballot Access Symposium that Saturday from 7-9PM. Here is a press release on the event.
The Federal Election Commission publishes “Combined Federal/State Disclosure and Election Directory” every year or so. It is a very useful book for anyone who needs to know how to contact state election officials. It can be seen on-line at www.fec.gov, or the FEC will also postally mail a print copy to anyone who requests one. Technically it isn’t a book; the FEC copies all 145 pages and fastens them together with a clamp.
The Arizona Secretary of State recently posted registration data as of July 2023. The percentages: Republican 34.42%; Democratic 30.02%; Libertarian .80%; No Labels .20%; independent and other (including Green) 34.55%.
In October 2022 the percentages were: Republican 34.67%; Democratic 30.66%; Libertarian .78%; independent and other 33.89%.
Here are the figures. The No Labels total for July 2023 is 8,505. By contrast, at the April 2023 tally, No Labels only had 17 members. Thanks to Richard Grayson for the news about the new tally.
On August 8, an Arizona Superior Court ruled that No Labels Party is a qualified party in Arizona. The Arizona Democratic Party had sued the Secretary of state, arguing that the Secretary should not have put the party on the ballot. The Democratic Party had argued that No Labels had submitted certain paperwork too early in the process, and that the paperwork should have been submitted after the petition had been submitted.
