Evan McMullin is already on the ballot in Colorado, Iowa, Louisiana and Utah. | Getty Anti-Trump conservative McMullin makes ballots in three states, misses Montana

Independent conservative presidential candidate Evan McMullin made it on the Minnesota, Arkansas and Idaho ballots but not the Montana state ballot, officials in all four states confirmed to POLITICO.

The Minnesota filing deadline for independent candidates was Tuesday, but it took until Wednesday to verify all signatures.


Earlier in the month, McMullin was endorsed by the executive committee of the Independence Party of Minnesota. That endorsement meant the party would help McMullin get the 2,000 signatures needed to get on the ballot in the state. McMullin will appear as the Independence Party’s candidate on the Minnesota ballot.

The “Independence Party [candidate] has been certified and will be on the ballot,” said Ryan Furlong, communications director for the Minnesota secretary of state.

Though there was no official count, McMullin submitted “well over the 2,000 required minimum,” Furlong added.

That's welcome news for McMullin, who didn't make it onto the Montana ballot.

Montana’s deadline to submit signatures was last Wednesday, but the one-week processing deadline lasted until this week. McMullin would have needed 5,000 signatures to qualify.

“Evan McMullin did not qualify for the Montana 2016 General Election ballot,” Montana Secretary of State communications director Emily Dean told POLITICO. She also said, “I don’t think he even tried in Montana.”

McMullin qualified for the Arkansas ballot, which was finalized Thursday. “Evan McMullin has been certified to the ballot in Arkansas as a candidate for the political group Better for America,” said Chris Powell, press manager at the Arkansas Secretary of State’s office. The group submitted the 1,000 confirmed signatures needed prior to the state’s August 1 filing deadline, and named McMullin as the specific candidate afterwards.

McMullin also got on the Idaho general election ballot. "He did file on time and with 1,168 signatures," said Betsie Kimbrough, state election director at the Idaho secretary of states office. "He now has ballot status for the General Election."

McMullin is already on the ballot in Colorado, Iowa, Louisiana and Utah. But he also failed to submit the minimum signatures needed to get on the ballots in California, Alabama and Tennessee.