The Washington Post had this recent story on Americans Elect’s trouble cathing fire: Last July, a well-funded nonprofit group called Americans Elect announced it had found a new and more honorable path to the White House. It would bypass the primaries, the founders said, via the Internet. By empowering Web-izens, the group would skip early-state [...]

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Several of the candidates for the Americans Elect presidential nomination were asked to respond to former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson’s decision to enter the race. As of March 29, Anderson, who is the nominee of the Justice Party is second among announced candidates with 1,104 supporters. Former Louisiana governor Buddy Roemer leads all [...]

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The noteworthy thing about this Politico article on Americans Elect is who the authors are, David Boren, Christine Tood Whitman and William Cohen. Here is a sample: If the party leaders ignore these serious challenges, then it is time for the voters to consider another alternative in this presidential election. One option may be offered by [...]

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According to the results from the Green Papers,  former Louisiana governor and current Americans Elect (AE) presidential candidate Buddy Roemer, who previously ran as a Republican, came in third place yesterday at the Puerto Rico Republican presidential primary.  He received more votes than both former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Congressman Ron Paul. Roemer won [...]

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Rocky Anderson declared a few months ago that he was going to run for President and form a new party, The Justice Party, in order to attain ballot access. Now, after a few months, he has decided to officially declare for the Americans Elect nomination. This does not necessarily preclude him from continuing his efforts [...]

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Richard Winger of Ballot Access News is currently reporting on a rumor, which he received from an Americans Elect insider, that Jon Huntsman and Evan Bayh will form a presidential ticket to run with the American Elect ticket. IPR has confirmed this rumor with a source from inside the former Jon Huntsman campaign. According to [...]

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Former Democrat Senator David Boren has endorsed Americans Elect. …a group called Americans Elect is steadily building support — and a 50-state infrastructure — for a bipartisan ticket that could challenge both parties for the White House. That effort will get a fresh push on Tuesday from David Boren, a former Democratic senator and governor [...]

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Here paleoish conservative blogger Daniel Larison discusses Edward Luce’s Financial Times article on Americans Elect. (Registration is required to get to the actual FT article.) Suffice it to say that Luce is hopeful and Larison is not. The volatility inside the GOP primary electorate does not mean that there would be automatic support in polls [...]

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Earth Intelligence Network CEO and Open Source Intelligence advocate Robert David Steele (Vivas) ended his campaign for the Reform Party presidential nomination. He said the following via e-mail: I got zero traction within the party — I scared them with my wild ideas of creating a team — and I got zero traction with Rocky Anderson, [...]

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In his New York Times column, Thomas Friedman expresses an interest in seeing a “smart independent” candidate participate in the presidential debates in order to “make Obama and his Republican opponent better.” The person he suggests could play this role is former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker. In the article, Walker praises the presidential campaigns [...]

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From the campaign press release: “Tomorrow, I will formally end my bid for the GOP nomination for President of the United States. As the GOP and the networks host debate number twenty-something this evening, they have once again turned their backs on the democratic process by choosing to exclude a former Governor and Congressman. I [...]

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Latest articles on Americans Elect since my last update: Ballot Access News: “Americans Elect did not exist in 2010, and now has 3,285 registrants, so it is the only nationally-organized party that now has more registrants than in 2010.” New Mexico Says Americans Elect Petition Has Enough Valid Signatures (this also qualifies them for 2014 [...]

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Ballot Access News reports that a US District Court decision has put the Green and Constitution parties on the Tennessee ballot. Both parties have in recent years collected thousands of signatures in that state, but failed to make the cutoff which was over 40,000 valid. The most recent Ballot Access News also reports that Americans [...]

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Jim Cook reports at Irregular Times With 77 days to go before the first ballot, the combination corporation/political party called Americans Elect opened up a system today for delegates to draft presidential candidates to appear in its proprietary, privatized online presidential nominating system. The official rules of Americans Elect create three standards by which a [...]

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On Philadelphia’s NPR station, WHYY, this morning, Daily Beast columnist, No Labels advocate, and former Bush Administration official Mark McKinnon advocated for a third party and electoral reform, specifically to the presidential selection process.  He particularly called for support of Americans Elect, while also calling more broadly for supporting third parties.  McKinnon discussed issues of [...]

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Ballot Access News: Americans Elect Starts Party Petition in Wisconsin Americans Elect Petition Approved in Maine Los Angeles County says that Americans Elect has 2,857 registered voters. Orange County, the second most populous county, has 226 Americans Elect registrants. Santa Clara, the most populous county in northern California, says it has zero Americans Elect registrants [...]

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Daniel Imperato, who unsuccessfully sought the 2008 Presidential nomination of the Libertarian, Reform, Green and Constitution Parties, and ran as independent for Governor of Florida in 2010, has been accused by the US Government’s Securities and Exchange Commission of bilking gullible investors out of about $2.5 million US: A West Palm Beach businessman defrauded investors [...]

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Ballot Access News reports that On January 19, the California Senate unanimously passed AB 1413, which, among other things, eliminates write-in space from November ballots for Congress and partisan state office. The bill now goes to the Assembly, because when it passed the Assembly last year, it didn’t have the same provisions. Meanwhile, another article [...]

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H/T Ballot Access News and Green Party Watch: Arkansas Greens have been certified for the ballot as a party, with 14,000 signatures submitted to cover a 10,000 signature requirement. Arkansas Greens were also on the ballot in 2006, 2008 and 2010. During those years Arkansas Greens elected a state legislator and received over 20% for [...]

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Robby Wells is a former college football coach and now a presidential candidate seeking the nomination of the Constitution Party. It is that latter job title that has gotten him this piece of press. Most people in the Palmetto State know Robby Wells as the former assistant football coach at the University of South Carolina [...]

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