No Labels, an organization that could field an independent candidate in the 2024 presidential race, has secured ballot access in seven states, with North Carolina being the latest to join the list.
No Labels intends to establish the groundwork to run an alternative candidate for the 2024 presidential race if the election turns into a rematch between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden. The organization’s leadership is composed of both Republicans and Democrats.
On Sunday, No Labels received approval from the North Carolina Board of Elections to appear in the 2024 ballot, allowing voters in the state to affiliate with the organization should it choose to run a candidate. The new party collected nearly 14,000 signatures from citizens of the state before securing ballot access.
In Alaska, No Labels is a limited political party. It was recognized as a minor political party in Colorado in January. A couple of months later, it gained ballot access in Arizona and Oregon in March.
In July, an official from No Labels revealed that it had gained ballot access in Utah. And earlier this month, the organization qualified for Nevada’s general election ballot as a minor party.
No Labels intends to secure ballot access in all 50 American states.
The party has not yet nominated a candidate for the 2024 presidential election but could nominate one next year in Dallas.
In an interview with NBC News, Benjamin Chavis, former executive director of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and a national co-chair of No Labels, said the group will end its effort for an alternative candidate if, by next spring, polling shows that President Joe Biden is “way, way out ahead” of President Trump.
The advocacy group NAACP has a history of being criticized for an alleged anti-Republican stance.
No Labels recently told Politico that it will exit the presidential race if the GOP nominates any candidate other than President Trump.
Since 1968, no third-party presidential candidate has won electoral votes.
