North Dakota election law does not provide for the existence of any minor political parties, and unlike many other states that allow individual independent nominees to include a minor party designation next to their name on the ballot.
A political party is either organized, and thus officially recognized by the Secretary of State's office, with equal rights and responsibilities therein or it does not have any legal existence.
The interest group Friends of Democracy has been lobbying to expand ballot access to the minor political parties, with some success.
A similar requirement had been struck down in Minnesota and the party hoped that the court would invalidate this law as well.
However, in Libertarian Party of North Dakota v. Jaeger (2011) the Federal Court of Appeals upheld the District court's ruling that the regulation did not impose any unconstitutional burden on the political party.