Group Works Toward Third Option For President

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..

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Ackerman says ballot access for any third party is severely limited…

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Ackerman says they will begin the signature gathering process this week…

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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.