America Elects alternative nominating conventon in all 50 states - anybody know anything about this?

[housewolf]

I just heard Mark McKinnon mention this right at the end of Meet the Press this morning. This was the first I'd heard of them and wondered what folks here might know about them. Any idea as to started/sources this effort?

From their website http://www.americanselect.org /

Americans Elect is the first online presidential nomination that is independent of the major parties.
The first direct presidential nomination. No special interests. No agendas. No partisanship.
A greater voice for all Americans, no matter their party. Every registered voter can be a delegate. Any constitutionally-eligible citizen can be a candidate.
The power to choose your candidate in the 2012 election. Real issues. Real candidates. Real votes.


Purpose:
What if you had the power to nominate a president? Americans Elect is the first direct presidential nomination.
You decide the issues.
You choose the candidates.
You nominate the president.
And the winner will be on the 2012 ballot in every state.

Process
Summer 2011
Define your priorities

Decide the issues that matter most to you
How should voting work in the 21st century? We’re combining our oldest values with our newest technologies to create the first direct nomination. Everyone is invited. Every vote counts the same. And there’s greater choice for all. Won’t we all vote this way someday?

Progress
Is this really possible? Yes. In fact, we’ve already collected over 1.5 million signatures and are well on the way to securing ballot access in all 50 states.
1,755,707
Signatures and Counting!

In our convention next June, American voters will choose our first directly-nominated presidential ticket.

[Cirque du So-What]

1. More at this DU link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[OHdem10]

2. This is very interesting. Run a candidate who has no base and

expect that he/she can win an election in this political
environment of today.

[SugarShack]

8. This is a scam! Rumsfeld is a contributor...here is the info we dug up!

Neocons, New Dems, DLC'ers, No Labels, Deregulators, And a whole litany of
fascists!

Donald Rumsfeld
Kenneth Adelman
Otto Reich


Freedom House headquarters in Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C.
Freedom House is a nonprofit organization. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., it has field offices in about a dozen countries, including Ukraine, Hungary, Serbia, Jordan, Mexico, and also countries in Central Asia.

Freedom House states that its Board of Trustees is composed of "business and labor leaders, former senior government officials, scholars, writers, and journalists". All board members are current residents of the United States. It does not identify itself with either of the American Republican or the Democratic parties. The board is currently chaired by William H. Taft IV. Taft assumed chairmanship of the board in January 2009, succeeding Peter Ackerman. Other current board members include Kenneth Adelman, Farooq Kathwari, Azar Nafisi, Mark Palmer, P. J. O'Rourke, and Lawrence Lessig,<11> while past board-members have included Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Samuel Huntington, Mara Liasson, Otto Reich, Donald Rumsfeld, Whitney North Seymour, Paul Wolfowitz, Steve Forbes, and Bayard Rustin.

http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/americans-elect-boa... /

a few more names...

[peacebird]

3. their questionnaire is fascinating - blows traditional red v blue out of the water

I recommend taking it, thought provoking at the least!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. It will be interesting to see what candidates they come up with.

And, how (if it comes off) it will effect the election.

[justgamma]

5. Mark Penn was on Bill Press Show

He was talking about starting this. What a creep he was during the election.

[sabrina 1]

7. If he's involved, then it can't be good, imho.

He's involved in a PR firm that helps out the world's worst dictators and other unsavory characters, to improve their images, or was. Not exactly an ethical person.

[EC]

6. If Mark Penn is involved

I'm not, period.

[rasputin1952]

9. Locking...

essentially this is calling for 3rd party intervention in elections.