ɪt ɹᵻɡˈeɪnd bˈælət stˈæɾəs fɔːɹ fˈoːɹ jˈɪɹz wɛn hˈaʊi hˈɔːkɪnz ɹᵻsˈiːvd ˌoʊvɚ fˈɪfti,zˈiəɹoʊzˈiəɹoʊ zˈiəɹoʊ vˈoʊts ɪnðə tˈuː θˈaʊzənd tˈɛn ɡjˌuːbɚnɐtˈoːɹɪəl ᵻlˈɛkʃən ænd ɹᵻtˈeɪnd ɪt fɔːɹ ɐnˈʌðɚ fˈoːɹ jˈɪɹz ɪnðə tˈuː θˈaʊzənd fˈoːɹtiːn ᵻlˈɛkʃən, wˌɛn ðə pˈɑːɹɾi mˈuːvd ˌʌp tə lˈaɪn dˈiː, ðə fˈoːɹθ lˈaɪn ˌɔn stˈeɪt bˈæləts, pˈæsɪŋ ðə wˈɜːkɪŋ fˈæmɪliz ænd ˌɪndᵻpˈɛndəns pˈɑːɹɾiz, wɪð fˈaɪv pɚsˈɛnt ʌvðə vˈoʊt.
It regained ballot status for four years when Howie Hawkins received over 50,000 votes in the 2010 gubernatorial election and retained it for another four years in the 2014 election, when the party moved up to line D, the fourth line on state ballots, passing the Working Families and Independence parties, with 5 percent of the vote.