Americans Elect Says it will Answer Any Questions on February 12 at 6pm Eastern. Will It Really?

Jim Cook 2/11/2012
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There’s a 501c4 corporation and political party on the national scene that has been mum on many matters. Is that about to change? On February 8 2012 and again on February 10 2012, Americans Elect announced an event during which …

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God Punishes Sodomite-Friendly States of Washington and California with Warmth and a Bit of Drizzle

Jim Cook 2/9/2012
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Make it stop, cry the people of Washington state and California. We repent! Who could withstand the onslaught of warm air and occasional drizzle? But they should have known. The Washington state legislature voted to legalize same-sex marriage on February …

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9 Days In, No Americans Elect Presidential Candidates are on Pace to Get on the Ballot

Jim Cook 2/9/2012
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In a publicity release sent out on January 17 2012, Americans Elect declared the GOP presidential nomination race to be sadly all wrapped up after Iowa and New Hampshire. Americans in other states wanting to express their presidential choice would …

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Mitt Romney Headed up to Maine: Another Day, Another Campaign Event at a Yacht Club

Jim Cook 2/9/2012
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Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, June 8 2011: Mitt Romney appears at Grosse Pointe Yacht Club private fundraiser. Sarasota, Florida, June 16 2011: Mitt Romney appears at Sarasota Yacht Club private fundraiser. Naples, Florida, November 28 2011: Mitt Romney appears at …

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Support for Draft Donald Trump Campaign Jumps by 50% in One Day at Americans Elect

Jim Cook 2/8/2012
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Yesterday Donald Trump’s draft presidential campaign had 2 supporters. Now he has 3.

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A Map of 2012 Missouri Republican Primary Results by County

Jim Cook 2/8/2012
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Everyone’s heard by now that the results of the Republican Party primary in Missouri on November 2012 blew the supposed front-runner, Mitt Romney, out of the water. They drenched supposed second-place leader Newt Gingrich to boot. With 100% of precincts …

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1, 2, 5 years ago… and today

Jim Cook 2/7/2012
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One year ago today, the Patriot Act was headed toward reauthorization. Populist resistance would temporarily stall its reauthorization, but at the end of May reinstated Patriot Act powers for four years, their longest term yet without congressional review. From that …

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Donald Trump Wins Two Supporters for His Presidential Campaign

Jim Cook 2/7/2012
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Donald Trump may have very expensively arranged hair. Donald Trump may conclude that “Part of the beauty of me is that I’m very rich.” Donald Trump may believe that Barack Obama materialized out of thin air. But it’s also true …

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Under Obama, Patriot Act Sneak-and-Peek Outpaces Bush Use (and is mostly about Drugs)

Jim Cook 2/6/2012
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Remember George W. Bush? Remember thinking that a vote for Barack Obama would be a vote to bring the Homeland Security state of George W. Bush under control? Well, think again. According to federal law, the Administrative Office of the …

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After Presidential Draft Candidate System Debuts, Who’s Talking About Americans Elect and How?

Jim Cook 2/6/2012
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On the last day of January 2012, Americans Elect rolled out its online voting system by which identity-verified delegates could draft candidates to appear on the ballot for the Americans Elect presidential nomination. Americans Elect has indirectly referred to the …

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With Zero Candidates on Target to Qualify for its Ballot, Americans Elect Postpones its Election

Jim Cook 2/5/2012
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On January 31 2012, Americans Elect opened up the qualifying round of voting in the first-ever online, proprietary, corporate-run presidential nomination. Starting that morning, Americans Elect delegates could visit this page to draft possible presidential contenders and cast votes in …

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Nevada Republican Caucus Results for 2012: Map of Winners by County

Jim Cook 2/5/2012
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On February 4 2012, GOP voters in the state of Nevada turned out — about 30,000 of them — to indicate their preference in a presidential candidate. The biggest caucus vote-getter in each county of Nevada is shown by map …

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Ten Questions for Americans Elect, February 2012

Jim Cook 2/4/2012
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After almost two years of asking Americans Elect questions and not getting answers from them, I’m grateful to Kris McAlister of the new Americans Elect “Northwest Web Team”, who has written to me and very kindly solicited my questions so …

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H.R. 3745, Putting All of a Credit Union’s Eggs in the Collection Basket

Jim Cook 2/3/2012
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There’s a saying that’s popular among credit unions: “not for profit, not for charity, but for service.” Most people know that credit unions are non-profit organizations that return all their proceeds to members, distinguishing them from banks, institutions whose goal …

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Americans Elect, Insisting it is Not A Political Party, Generates Thousands of Political Party Registrations in California

Jim Cook 2/3/2012
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January 31, 2012: Americans Elect Political Director Darry Sragow is the latest in a long parade of Americans Elect corporate leaders to declare that Americans Elect is not a political party: February 2, 2012: California publicly releases its statistics regarding …

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31 hour Green Party Straw Poll outpulls 60 hour Americans Elect Candidate Draft

Jim Cook 2/2/2012
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At 11 AM on Wednesday February 1 2012, Green Party Watch started an online presidential straw poll. 31 hours later, at the time when the straw poll was scheduled to close, 1689 people had voted, each for one candidate. The …

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President Obama Finally Nominates Civil Liberties Board. Now the Judiciary Committee Sits on It.

Jim Cook 2/2/2012
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For 1,060 days of his presidency, Barack Obama refused to nominate enough members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight board to constitute a quorum. That made it impossible for the PCLOB to carry out its legally-mandated job of collecting …

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What Americans Elect Wants From You / What Americans Elect Will Tell You

Jim Cook 2/2/2012
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Personal Information the Americans Elect Corporation Requires from all Applicants interested in becoming State Committee Members or Electors Full Legal Name Address Birth Date Social Security Number Duration of Current Residency Citizenship Status Voter Registration Status Name of Congressional Representative …

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