The Associated Press and St.Louis Post-Dispatch both report that Jay Nixon has joined the No Labels effort. Nixon, 67, is an attorney and former Governor of Missouri. He also served as a State Senator and as Attorney General. He will be No Label’s Director of Ballot Integrity.
From press reports, he was motivated to join No Labels by reported efforts of groups related to the Democratic Party to keep No Labels off the ballot in 2024.
NoLabels.org quotes Nixon as saying:
“At a moment when so many Americans’ are losing trust in our democracy, we need to hold even tighter to the pillars that have held our democracy up for almost 250 years. In our country, you win by persuading more people and getting more votes, not by limiting voters’ choices and denying competitors a place on the ballot,” said Nixon. “Americans have the constitutional right to put any person or party on the ballot and to vote for whomever they want. Anyone who is against that isn’t standing up for democracy. They are standing in the way.”
Addendum: Axios.com reports a concerted effort by Democratic Party supporters including Move On and Third Way to Block the No Labels Effort.
https://www.axios.com/2023/06/11/no-labels-third-way-2024-presidential-election
https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-sneak-peek-7fc196ed-b283-44ec-8870-4abb679e89c6.html see item 3, the Anti-No Labels pledge
Note addendum to the article on Third Way and No Labels efforts to disrupt the No Labels effort.
3,108 Greens, according to the December 2022 issue of BAN.
That’s pretty good progress by No Labels. No wonder Democrats are panicking.
In related No Labels news, we have their voter registration numbers for Arizona
1.45 million Arizona voters are not affiliated with a recognized political party
1.44 million Arizona voters are Republicans.
1.26 million Arizona voters are Democrats
33,700 Arizona voters are Libertarians
8,500 Arizona voters are registered to the No Labels Party