Colorado Secretary of State has approved the signatures of the newly qualified Unity Party. A new article on Ballot Access News by Richard Winger had the scoop:

On June 7, the Colorado Secretary of State determined that the Unity Party has the needed 1,000 registrations to become a qualified party. See this press release from the Secretary of State’s office.

Colorado won’t keep track of the number of registered voters in unqualified parties, unless that unqualified party had previously placed a statewide nominee on the ballot. The Unity Party nominee for U.S. Senate petitioned onto the 2014 ballot, and also the 2016 ballot, so it had the right to a tally.

The only other parties that have become ballot-qualified in Colorado by this method have been the Libertarian, Green, and Constitution Parties. Several other qualified minor parties in the past got on by the alternate method of collecting 10,000 signatures. The most recent instance was in 2011 when Americans Elect qualified. Thanks to Independent Political Report for this news.

According to the Unity Party of America website:

The Unity Party of America believes that through hard work and cooperation, Americans will be better able to preserve the promise of liberty and equality. The Unity Party Platform offers common sense solutions to today’s most fundamental challenges. Click on any platform link to read more about a stand taken by the Unity Party.

The Unity Party of America was founded on November 4, 2004 (the day after that year’s Presidential Election) for Our Principles (from the beginning, we have stood for Common Sense like Balanced Budgets and Term Limits) and we now have a Membership in 37 Statesand counting.