GOP stares down minor party status

In Colorado, GOP candidate Dan Maes is currently hovering just under 10% of the vote with 10.7 percent counted. As the Denver Post reported back in September, if Maes don’t pull at least 10% of the vote, the Republicans will be relegated to minor party status:

The names of Republican candidates won't be on top of the 2012 ballot alongside the Democrats' names, said Secretary of State Bernie Buescher. They will be positioned along with other third-party candidates, the Libertarians and Green Party members and such.

Not the worst thing that could happen, but ballot order has been known to affect voting behavior.