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Source: Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-americans-elects-expensive-search-for-independent-candidate-fails-20120517,0,5821920.story
Americans Elect's expensive search for independent candidate fails
By Matea Gold
May 17, 2012, 3:11 p.m.
WASHINGTON -- A group behind a costly endeavor to field an independent presidential ticket this fall acknowledged Thursday that its efforts to nominate a candidate had failed.
Americans Elect succeeded in getting on the ballot in 29 states, but none of its prospective candidates received the minimum support needed to participate in a Web-based series of primaries that were to be held this month.
After its board met Wednesday to discuss its options, the group released a statement Thursday indicating that it would not change its rules, effectively disqualifying all the candidates from participating in an online nominating convention that was scheduled next month.
The future of the organization, which raised $35 million and spent two years trying to create a new method for nominating a presidential ticket, remains unclear.
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By Matea Gold
May 17, 2012, 3:11 p.m.
WASHINGTON -- A group behind a costly endeavor to field an independent presidential ticket this fall acknowledged Thursday that its efforts to nominate a candidate had failed.
Americans Elect succeeded in getting on the ballot in 29 states, but none of its prospective candidates received the minimum support needed to participate in a Web-based series of primaries that were to be held this month.
After its board met Wednesday to discuss its options, the group released a statement Thursday indicating that it would not change its rules, effectively disqualifying all the candidates from participating in an online nominating convention that was scheduled next month.
The future of the organization, which raised $35 million and spent two years trying to create a new method for nominating a presidential ticket, remains unclear.
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Americans Elect's expensive search for independent candidate fails (Original Post)
Eugene
May 2012
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bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)1. I'm sure David Broder is just hysterical about that
Meanwhile, nobody else cares.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)2. This group sounded interesting to me until I heard
that jackoff Thomas Friedman was part of it, or supported it, or endorsed it, or something.
Ian David
(69,059 posts)3. The problem was that the top choice was a Conservative who would have split the GOP vote.
They WANTED us to pick a Progressive to split the Democratic vote.