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Ross Perot’s Reform Party earned its own column on the North Dakota ballot Tuesday, making the state the second to list it as a major political party.
North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger said the Reform Party had submitted the 7,000 petition signatures required to gain a listing as a separate party.
The Reform Party has qualified for the California ballot and hopes to get on the ballot in Maine, Arkansas, South Carolina and Utah by mid-January.
Its North Dakota success came a week after the Reform Party suffered a setback in Ohio, where it failed to qualify as a major political party.
Its most visible figure is Perot, a Texas billionaire who staged an independent run for president in 1992.
