
Most Americans have no idea that the official-sounding and acting Commission on Presidential Debates is, in reality, a private organization created by the Republican and Democrat Parties and funded by special interests whose goal is to protect the status quo. Thus, it is no surprise that the Debate Commission has adopted “rules” that make it virtually impossible for independent or third-party candidate to ever participate in the all-important Presidential debates.
With polls showing that “independent” voters now constitute a majority of the American electorate, this duopoly simply isn’t fair -- and must be changed.
Sign the petition above to demand that one straightforward, common sense change be made in the rules for future presidential debates: Rather than picking and choosing polls to decide who can participate -- polls that will always favor the Republican and Democrat candidates, simply allow participation by any candidate who has qualified for enough states’ presidential ballots to have a mathematical chance of being elected. In the 2012 general election, there were four such candidates, but only two of them were allowed the opportunity to debate before a nationally-televised audience.
As the Libertarian and Green Party Presidential Candidates in 2012 they were both denied participation in the Presidential Debates. Let's fight for Fair Debates in 2016.
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