No Labels has withdrawn as a political party in Maine, the secretary of state announced Thursday.
The centrist advocacy group, founded in 2010 with the slogan “Not Left. Not Right. Forward,” first notified the secretary of state’s office in June to say it no longer planned to remain a qualified party.
“However, at that time there was no mechanism in Maine law to allow a party to withdraw its party status once it had become qualified,” Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said in a news release.
No Labels gained official party status in Maine in January 2024. At the time it had more than 9,400 registered members in the state. The party planned to run a “unity” presidential ticket as an alternative to Joe Biden and Donald Trump but abandoned that plan in April 2024.
Maine voters who were enrolled with No Labels have been changed to unenrolled and can enroll in a new party through the state’s voter registration portal at maine.gov/vote.
