The State Board of Elections Sunday voted to allow another party on the state ballot.
The No Labels Party touts itself as an alternative to both the traditional Democrat and Republican parties, according to the website, NoLabels.org. The party has taken an aggressive stance toward the 2024 state and national elections, focusing primarily on adding a presidential nominee first, followed by U.S. House and Senate seats before tackling state governments.
Former Gov. Pat McCrory is one of the names being considered by the party, according to reports. McCrory is one of the leaders of the No Labels movement in North Carolina. The party will decide after the primary elections if they will make a run for the nation’s top job.
“If in fact Biden and Trump are the two candidates, and if in fact 65 to 70 percent of the people still don’t want that choice, and if we have an opportunity to win, we will do a presidential ticket for the president and vice president,” McCrory told Carolina Journal Monday.
The No Labels Party was approved in a four to one vote by the State Board of Elections, with board member Siobhan O’Duffy Millen voting no.
. Then new party received more than 14,000 signatures, exceeding the 13,865 required by law. More than 200 of the signatures were also from different congressional districts, another statutory requirement.
McCrory noted that the SBOE has a history of delaying third party petitions, having kept the Green party from having sufficient time to mount primary candidates during its bid for recognition.
North Carolina’s other officially recognized parties are the Republican, Democrat, Libertarian and Green parties. Voters can also register unaffiliated. The party has also been recognized in Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, and Utah.
