June 1, 2023
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Press Release via the Libertarian Party:
The Libertarian Party joined Level the Playing Field, the successor group to Americans Elect, and the Green Party to file a lawsuit aimed at the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), a Democratic- and Republican-run agency that sets rules designed to exclude third parties and independents from presidential debates.… Read more ...
Jim Cook has been doing investigative reporting for the better part of a decade about Americans Elect and their previous incarnation as Unity ’08. In the last several days he has posted a trio of articles about the organization’s latest incarnation as Level the Playing Field:
Americans Elect returns as the Level the Playing Field Foundation (and Mystery Follows)
A tip of the pen to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News, who broke the leading edge of this story:
Americans Elect is back.
The California Secretary of State has determined that Americans Elect is no longer a qualified party in California. This is because it neither has enough registrations to qualify, nor did it poll 2% for any statewide race in the June 2014 primary.
Jim Cook at Irregular Times:
Last October, I noted the strong connection between Americans Elect corporate leadership and the 2014 Senate candidacy of private equity candidate Greg Orman through an entity called the Committee to Elect an Independent Senate, founded by Americans Elect CEO and private equity financier Peter Ackerman.… Read more ...
From Richard Winger at Ballot Access News:
As already noted, Level the Playing Field is the organization that has asked the Federal Election Commission to revise its rules for presidential general election debates.… Read more ...
Jim Cook at Irregular Times (posted March 10):
Three days ago, the Independent Voter Network posted a piece in which it quoted Nick Troiano explaining why he is running for Congress:
I seem to have heard that idea before… but where?… Read more ...
Via Ballot Access News:
Nick Troiano, 24, has set up an exploratory committee for a possible independent race for U.S. House in Pennsylvania’s 10th district. He had been Unity ’08′s College Coordinator, and had been the Communications Manager for Americans Elect.… Read more ...
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