No Labels has officially announced that it will be moving forward with candidate selection for its presidential ticket ahead, according to a press release shared by the organization Friday.
The group has gained recognition in recent months for pledging to offer its ballot line to a “Unity Ticket” this November should the two major parties “select candidates the vast majority of Americans don’t want to vote for.”
“Earlier today, I led a discussion with the 800 No Labels delegates from all 50 states,” said No Labels National Convention Chair Mike Rawlings. “These citizen leaders have spent months discussing with one another the kind of leadership they want to see in the White House in 2024.”
“I wasn’t sure exactly where No Labels delegates would land today but they sent an unequivocal message: Keep going,” Rawlings said. “They voted near unanimously to continue our 2024 project and to move immediately to identify candidates to serve on the Unity presidential ticket.”
“It was apparent that these citizens believe this is a just cause and that No Labels should provide Americans with the additional choice that they so clearly want,” Rawlings wrote.
No Labels officially became a qualified political party in Maine earlier this year when Secretary of State Shenna Bellows certified that the group had surpassed the state’s 5,000 voter threshold for election participation.
According to Secretary Bellows, 9,423 Mainers had registered as members of the No Labels party as of January 2, 2024.
[RELATED: No Labels Recognized as Maine’s Newest Political Party with Ballot Access]
No Labels has recently come under heightened scrutiny in Maine over allegations that volunteers for the group had engaged in questionable voter registration practices while working towards obtaining official recognition in the state.
In May of 2023, Bellows issued a statement responding to “numerous complaints” that voters were “surprised to find out” that their registration had been switched to No Labels.
“Voters expressed to election officials that they were told they were signing a petition in support of adding this new party and had not realized they were enrolling in a new party,” the statement said.
These allegations resurfaced in the weeks leading up to the state’s March 5 presidential primary on an email listserv used by Maine’s municipal employees, according to copies of the emails obtained by the Maine Wire.
Several town clerks raised questions about the legitimacy of the voter registration cards sent in by No Labels, while others shared stories of voters telling them outright that they had no intention of changing their registration to No Labels.
[RELATED: Town Clerks in Maine Accuse No Labels of Deceptive Voter Registration Practices]
It is not clear at this time who No Labels will be considering to run as candidates on their “Unity Ticket” this November.
Although there was some initial speculation that politicians such as Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), former Maryland governor Larry Hogan (R), and former presidential candidate Nikki Haley (R) were potential contenders, these names have since been taken off the table.
“No Labels has not yet chosen a ticket and any names floating around are being put out there by someone else,” said No Labels Chief Strategist Ryan Clancy in a statement on Friday.
According to Friday’s press release, No Labels will now begin “accelerating [their] candidate outreach” process.
An announcement of how the organization will be selecting candidates for its ticket can be expected on Thursday, March 14.
I support the MAGA party only.
Seriously, you’re American. What is wrong with Making America Great Again. What is wrong with making America first, second, third, etc.? We NEED to take care of our own people and our own country FIRST. How many of the cardboard Mafia are actual legitimate Veterans, or down on their luck homeless, yet our borders are WIDE OPEN to illegals. Enough is enough.
The “No Labels” party; simply an extension of the DC swamp. A pathetic assembly of Never Trumpers and other Trump-deranged losers intent on destroying America and ushering in another failed communist totalitarian state under the auspices of the Democrat party.
Uni-Party ticket!
After all the trouble ‘no labels’ caused at the polls they ought to shut up we had a bunch of people that couldn’t vote because of the ‘petition signing that they pulled where they were actually re-registering people without their consent or knowledge! And poll workers had to deal with upset people that couldn’t vote because they were lied to by “no label”! All so they could get on the ballots as an actual party, how cute, they get their party cred’s by lying! What a great start as a fraud!