Maine's secretary of state is raising concerns over NoLabelsOrg's initiative to launch independent tickets across the United States, claiming that the organization misled voters into registering as third party for the 2024 election.
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said on Monday that she received"complaints" from local clerks and voters who claim No Labels tricked them into joining the initiative to launch a third-party ballot in all 50 states."Voter after voter is telling my team that they were instructed that they were merely signing a petition. They were not told they were changing their political party,” Bellows, who is a Democrat, said in an interview with NBC News on Monday.
In the letter to Connors, Bellows said voters told her office that they were approached to sign a"petition" to support the new party, and they did not understand that No Labels was asking Maine voters to"change their party enrollment." Maine is one of several states that allow only unaffiliated voters to participate in any party primary they choose but do not allow voters who are registered with one party to vote in another's primary. So, voters who were unaffiliated and now are registered for the No Labels party will not be able to vote for a Democratic or Republican nominee.
Maine's presidential preference primary is March 5, 2024, and the primary is June 11, 2024. If voters who switched to No Labels want to make changes to their affiliation, they would need to do so at least three weeks before the primary to secure the ballot of their choice. Maine residents who decide to vote absentee weeks ahead of Election Day would have plenty of time to change their party affiliation.
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