Ten Questions for Americans Elect, February 2012

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

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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Update: Special Status for Bomb Threat Presidential Candidate Revoked by Americans Elect

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Yesterday, Americans Elect announced that its presidential contender Craig Ennis (he of the bomb threats) “has a similar level of experience as past presidents, he or she needs at least 1,000 supporters in each of 10 different states to qualify.” …

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Nick Troiano’s List of Possible Americans Elect Presidential Candidates

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Despite Bylaw 6.1 prohibiting Americans Elect officers from acting or communicating to promote any possible presidential contenders, Americans Elect National Campus Director Nick Troiano can’t help but join the long list of Americans Elect leadership to float favored names. A …

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Democracy Managed: Sponheim campaign recording of Americans Elect reveals new strategy for Not Releasing Donor Names

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Self-proclaimed “centrist” presidential candidate David Jon Sponheim and an associate have been live-streaming the proceedings of an Americans Elect “conference” being held in California. I put the word “conference” in quotes because there’s not much “co” to the proceedings. Facilitator …

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From Arizona, another Document to show that Yes, Americans Elect is a Political Party

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Is Americans Elect, the first-ever corporate privatized online presidential nomination, a political party? Gosh, no, said Americans Elect in the Spring of 2011: “Here is what Americans Elect is not. We are not a third party. We are not a …

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Newt Gingrich Lies About His Lobbyist Past

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Why won’t Gingrich just admit that he was a lobbyist? If Gingrich acknowledges the truth, he may open himself to criminal prosecution. It’s against the law (the Lobbying Disclosure Act) to lobby the federal government without officially registering as a lobbyist.

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Disclosures Americans Elect Can Make About its Funders Right Now — Without Retaliation Against Them

Pity the secret funders of Americans Elect. Americans Elect refuses to tell the public who the millionaires and billionaires are that laid out the seed money for this first ever corporate privatized online presidential nomination. Why? According to Americans Elect …

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The General Election Pledge Americans Elect Hasn’t Made

It’s only 85 days until the first ballot of the Americans Elect presidential nomination, the first ever all-online presidential nomination in which a corporation will decide which candidates can run, the same corporation will run the election, and yes, the …

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You Don’t Have To Vote For A Super PAC Candidate

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A hundred dollars doesn’t go far these days. So, what can you do to help out Rocky Anderson, after you’ve donated a hundred dollars to his campaign? You can make an independent expenditure of effort.

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Drilldown on Americans Elect Platform of Questions: #72 in Vote Elevated to #4 on Final List

Name of the process in which Americans Elect rank and file members vote on which questions will be asked of the eventual Americans Elect presidential candidates in the “Platform of Questions”: Shape the Debate Text of the question about the …

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Americans Elect, FOX News and a Goat? It’s a HuntsmanRothschildPalooza

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What do Jon Huntsman, Americans Elect and a Goat have in common? None other than Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild. Cue cameras.

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Lady Lynn Forester De Rothschild Violates Americans Elect Rules With Big Money Party For Jon Huntsman

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The fundraiser, held at one of the homes of Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, at 435 East 52nd Street in New York City, was a “cocktail reception” where attendees were required to contribute at least $1,000 in exchange for having drinks and hors d’ouevres with Jon Huntsman, who attended the Lady’s fundraiser himself. The money gathered at Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild’s cocktail party went directly to the Jon Huntsman for President campaign. This is in clear violation of the bylaws of Americans Elect, an organization that Lady de Rothschild belongs to, as a member of the Board of Advisors.

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Over 2 Million Spent By Anonymous Donors For Gingrich In Just One Day

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Paris charged that Gregg Phillips, director of Winning Our Future, a Super PAC working to promote the presidential campaign of Newt Gingrich, helped institute policies that provided cheap labor to casinos in Tunica, Mississippi, by forcing recipients in government assistance programs to take low-paying jobs at the casinos. That’s a particularly interesting fact given that the one source of funding for Winning Our Future that we know of is Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire who made his fortune in the casino business.

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Americans Elect Officer Stages Promotional Videos with Buddy Roemer

Americans Elect is not supposed to be in the business of communicating or acting in favor of any presidential campaign. But the corporation just can’t help itself. Its latest act is to stage a fake video q-and-a session with Republican Buddy Roemer, asking questions to which it and Roemer already know the answers.

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Americans Elect Corporation Overrules Vote by Membership to Choose its own Platform of Questions

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Americans Elect is the first-ever 501c4 corporation to want to run its very own privatized online election to nominate a presidential candidate. It’s only 100 days until the first ballot. But it has run a preliminary vote already. Did Americans Elect abide by the results?

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KING(er)s Say the Darndest Things

I love people; humans are so gosh-darned entertaining. “Content is king, yes. But content that matters, is KING(er).” — Bryan Kramer on marketing. “I’d like to say yes, but I don’t want my wife to find out.” — Foster Friess …

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Recognizing Bernie Sanders, Americans Elect Prioritizes Democratic Process over Desired Result

Despite its early promotion of Buddy Roemer as a presidential candidate, Roemer never took off as a popular option within the Americans Elect “tracking” system, a social media widget in which people indicate their interest on the AmericansElect.com “Candidates Page”. …

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