The No Labels Party in Arizona plans to change its name. Critics say it can’t do that

Following a leadership shakeup, the No Labels Party in Arizona is rebranding itself as it seeks to create a viable third-party for centrist and moderate voters, but its unclear whether a plan to change the party’s name is allowed under state law.

Former Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson, the new chairman of the No Labels Party in Arizona, said the party intends to adopt new bylaws to allow candidates to run under its banner up and down the ballot — a departure from old party leadership, who filed a federal lawsuit to keep down ballot candidates out of the 2024 election.

Those bylaw changes are part of a larger effort to reshape the nascent party, which only qualified to appear on Arizona ballots last year…

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