Gary Johnson

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson speaks to supporters and delegates at the National Libertarian Party Convention, in Orlando, Fla. on Sunday, May 29, 2016. It was the second time the Libertarian Party nominated the former New Mexico governor as its presidential candidate.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson has survived a challenge to his nominating petitions and will likely appear on the New York presidential ballot this November, party officials said Friday.

New York would become the 40th state where Johnson, the former New Mexico governor, has succeeded in gaining access to the ballot.

Johnson's campaign says it intends to file paperwork to appear on ballots in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

In New York, an unidentified Republican voter challenged the independent nominating petitions Johnson had to submit for ballot access, said Mark Axinn, the former Libertarian Party chairman in New York who coordinated the petition drive.

But the challenger did not follow up to submit specific reasons behind the challenge before a state Board of Elections deadline, Axinn told Syracuse.com.

Without any outstanding challenges remaining, the state Board of Elections is poised to approve Johnson's name for the presidential ballot when the board meets on Sept. 15.

All told, Johnson and the Libertarian Party submitted 32,617 petition signatures requesting his name to be added to the ballot, Axinn said. The state requires 15,000 signatures, which must include at least 100 from each of at least half of the state's congressional districts.

Democrat Hillary Clinton, Republican Donald Trump and Green Party candidate Jill Stein will each appear on the ballot as their party's nominees because the parties have automatic lines on the ballot as result of each party receiving more than 50,000 votes in the last governor's race.

The three candidates must still file paperwork with the state and be approved by the state Board of Elections on Sept. 15. As of Friday, the Green Party had not submitted the paperwork for Stein.

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