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Jacobtm
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« on: August 11, 2011, 10:24:50 PM »
« edited: August 11, 2011, 10:30:30 PM by Jacobtm »

Meaning on the ballot in all 50 states, at least if they keep getting signatures at the rate they have. To get on all 50 ballots, about 2.9 million signatures are needed, and they have 2 million as it stands, so it shouldn't be hard to finish it off after recent publicity.

It's a website, a ''ticket'', not a party, that will have a candidate on the ballot in all 50 states.

Site users will elect a candidate, out of whom, I don't yet know.

http://www.americanselect.org/

An interview Colbert did with the CEO of Americans Elect: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/394363/august-10-2011/elliot-ackerman

When you sign up for the site, they ask you a series of political questions to help define your beliefs and suggest candidates with simmilar beliefs for you to consider.
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Jacobtm
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« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2011, 12:08:01 PM »

I mean, if Ross Perot could get nearly 20%, then a sane, charismatic, good-looking 3rd party candidate could do even better, potentially.

I just wonder about the kinda person ''the internet'' will elect. We'll see I guess.
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« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2011, 05:15:31 PM »
« Edited: August 12, 2011, 05:19:58 PM by Jacobtm »

While the people who vote online might be nutters, are they any more nuts than partisan primary voters?

When you answer questions on the site, they show you the breakdown of how other people voted. It seems that the avg. voter is pretty much a liberal Democrat. Tax the rich, help the poor, gov't healthcare for everyone, protect the environment, pro choice, pro gay marraige, anti gun. Not exactly Ron Paul.
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« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2011, 08:27:46 PM »

Voting more than once is just exercising your 1st Amendment right to freedom of speech. Shows you care.
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« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2011, 11:51:39 AM »

The links seem iffy at best. Just because you've worked for Candidate X in the past, doesn't mean everything you ever do in politics is for Candidate X.
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