Formal Request for Americans Elect Form 990 (and why it’s important to keep asking)

Jim Cook 5/19/2012
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Americans Elect, which until this week told America it would run the country’s first-ever privatized all-online presidential nomination, is a corporation organized under Section 501(c)(4) of the IRS code. The federal government requires corporations organized under Section 501(c) to make …

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David Walker for President: The People, The Connections

Jim Cook 4/20/2012
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Five names have emerged in the leadership of The Committee to Get Walker Running, an entity at draftwalker.com that yesterday morning was nothing but a splash page… …but which by yesterday afternoon was being used to vigorously (and with non-disclosed …

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Unity08 All Over Again: Americans Elect Leader Steps Down to Start Draft David Walker Campaign

Jim Cook 4/17/2012
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When it became clear that despite its money and inside connections Unity08 was not attracting popular support, its two chief leaders abandoned their pretense to not having a preferred presidential candidate and stepped down from Unity08 to start the Draft …

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Violating Charter and Bylaws, No Labels and Americans Elect Promote Presidential Bid of Pete Peterson-Funded David Walker

Jim Cook 2/21/2012
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Americans Elect and No Labels, mysterious political corporations that don’t disclose their funders, say they’re not promoting any Presidential candidate… but the behavior of Americans Elect and No Labels seems to be at odds with what they say. Read here for documentation of this mismatch as it applies to David Walker.

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Like Unity08, Americans Elect Dishes out Iowa/New Hampshire Rhetoric that Doesn’t Wash.

Jim Cook 1/22/2012
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Past as Prelude: Unity08 and the Story of Big Bad Iowa & New Hampshire In the 2008 election cycle, the presidential bid called Unity08 started off its appeal for an online presidential nomination election in which it would run an …

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Does Americans Elect owe its $20 Million Benefactors if it pays them Back?

Jim Cook 7/27/2011
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If someone loaned you $20 million to start an enterprise, would you feel indebted to that person after you paid him or her back? What if the loan were interest-free? I’m asking this question because Americans Elect, the 501c4 corporation …

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No Special Interest Funding for Americans Elect? New York Times reports “Serious Hedge-Fund Money”

Jim Cook 7/24/2011
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Americans Elect, a 501c4 corporation working to arrange the election of its own presidential ticket in 2012, has rolled out its publicity campaign today with a piece written by New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman. Friedman wrote his column after …

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Americans Elect Funder and Chair Peter Ackerman Hires Son to run Rules Committee

Jim Cook 6/23/2011
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For a connected chain of private political corporations, arranging presidential elections is a family affair. In the 2008 election season, when Unity08 organized to run its own ticket for President of the United States, co-founder Hamilton Jordan had his daughter …

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Americans Elect files as political party in Florida

Jim Cook 4/24/2011
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I am indebted to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News for his discovery that Americans Elect has filed papers to gain recognition in the state of Florida as a political party. As of today, the 2012 presidential contending group does …

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Four Years Ago, Now

Jim Cook 4/9/2011
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Four years ago, the corporation with a plan to run its own candidate for president called Unity08 refused to remove “delegates” from its list after they became disgusted with it. This week, the corporation with a plan to run its …

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Another Unity08 Old Hand at Americans Elect: Roger Craver

Jim Cook 3/20/2011
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As Americans Elect readies itself for a public launch in the Spring of 2011, some people may say to themselves, “Boy, this sounds more than little bit like the old Unity08.” There’s a reason for that: Americans Elect is a …

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Open Letter to Americans Elect: Questions and an Invitation to Dialogue

Jim Cook 12/20/2010
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Having initiated contact with Americans Elect by phone and e-mail multiple times over the past months, and having received no reply, I’ve decided to write a formal letter. The following is a copy of a letter sent by certified mail …

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Americans Elect Provides Second Revision of Goals, Dumping Poll-Based Decisionmaking

Jim Cook 11/6/2010
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When Unity08 transformed itself into the Unity12 Task Force this April, it described itself in terms nearly identical to those of Unity08: The goal of the Unity12 Task Force is to set the stage for an effort to nominate a …

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Wall St. and Lobbyist Shill Sam Waterston At Stewart Rally

jclifford 10/30/2010
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The John Stewart Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear is featuring corporate spokesman Sam Waterston, who promoted the lobbyist power grab project of Unity08. What kind of “sanity” is he working to “restore”?

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Americans Elect: It’s a [bloody useless] Trademark Now

Jim Cook 10/28/2010
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In preparation for a launch of its mysterious not-a-party third-party presidential bid in the early months of 2011, Americans Elect has filed a trademark for the phrase “Americans Elect” as well as for a three-stars and two-bars logo design to …

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Nick Troiano of Unity08: Americans Elect Will Launch at the Start of 2011

Jim Cook 10/17/2010
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As the new 3rd quarter report of Americans Elect reveals, Nick Troiano has been hired as Communications Manager for the political corporation, the goal of which is to elect its own presidential and vice presidential candidates to the White House …

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With Americans Elect on the Sideline, Jokesters Hop on the Unity12 Memewagon

Jim Cook 9/15/2010
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Americans Elect, the corporation with an aim of nominating its own candidates for President and Vice President of the United States in 2012, has remained silent for an unexpectedly long time. All of its activity, from declaring its existence as …

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Before Going Public, Unity12 Task Force Starts Ballot Efforts in California

Jim Cook 7/17/2010
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Editor’s note: the “Unity12 Task Force” has renamed itself Americans Elect for the 2012 election season, but the remainder of this article remains factual and relevant. The four websites associated with the Unity12 Task Force — unity12.com, unity12taskforce.com, americanselect.org and …

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