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Originally Posted by willravel
Who decided that 15% of the popular vote was the rule for the debates? Who would it have hurt to include the Libratarian and Green candidates
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The bi-partisan Commissino on Presidential Debates. The Republican and Democratic parties.
It's time the American people understood that politicians are not looking out for the PUBLIC'S best interests and haven't been for quite some time.
I don't think all candidates should be represented on all ballots, but I think it's fair to have a signature requirement to get on the ballot in states. First of all, this signature requirement should count for EVERY party (unlike the current rules where Reps and Dems are on automatically) and it should be set at a reasonable percentage of the population of the state (perhaps 0.5%-1%). This should be a federal law.
One of these days I'm going to compile a list - maybe write a book who knows - about the various changes I would like to see to our electoral process.