On August 22, Better for America issued a press release, saying its opportunity to influence the presidential election as diminished, and therefore it will end its candidate recruitment and ballot access efforts. It only circulated two petitions for party status, in Arkansas and New Mexico.

Although it is believed that Better for America supports Evan McMullin for president, so far there is no official link between Better for America and the McMullin campaign. This press release does not mean that McMullin isn’t continuing to petition. The Better for America press release says it will continue to pursue constitutional litigation against bad ballot access laws. So far its only lawsuit is in New Mexico, over whether its party petition had enough valid signatures.