Voters in South Dakota and across the country could have a third choice for President on next year’s ballot. A group called Americans-Elect is working to ensure a third party candidate could be on all fifty state ballots. Elliot Ackerman is Chief Operating Officer for Americans-Elect and says they do not have any particular candidate in mind..
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/12/Elliot-Ackerman-1212a.mp3|titles=Elliot Ackerman 1212a]Ackerman says ballot access for any third party is severely limited…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/12/Elliot-Ackerman-1212b.mp3|titles=Elliot Ackerman 1212b]Ackerman says they will begin the signature gathering process this week…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/12/Elliot-Ackerman-1212c.mp3|titles=Elliot Ackerman 1212c]As part of their process people can go to their website, americanselect.org and become a delegate. Ackerman says they will have an online nominating convention in June of next year, and the winner will be on the ballot in all fifty states.