[EL] Fw: POLITICO Sets the Stage; Americans Elect Makes It Real

[Vince Leibowitz]

I really do not understand how they can make the claim that the winner will
appear on the ballot in all 50 states. In many states, without a nominee
tied to a party with ballot access, there are petition requirements, etc. In
states like Texas, the burden is very significant for a non-partisan
candidate to get on the ballot, if memory serves.

Not to knock their efforts, but unless there is serious money behind this
effort (and perhaps there is, but it doesn't appear so), I don't see how
they are going to be able to afford to secure ballot access in sufficient
enough states to actually make a win for whomever their candidate is a
possibility.


Vince

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 8:27 AM, <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:

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>  POLITICO SETS THE STAGE; AMERICANS ELECT MAKES IT REAL
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> WASHINGTON, D.C., OCTOBER 13, 2011- Over the last week POLITICO held a
> primary, asking people to nominate an individual in politics, business or
> entertainment who, as they put it, “could harness the public’s hunger for
> something new, different and inspiring.”
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