AMERICANS ELECT NAMED SXSW AWARD FINALIST

Innovative Technology Acknowledged for New Way to Pick a President WASHINGTON, D.C., JANUARY 26, 2012 - AmericansElect.org has been selected as a 2012 Interactive Awards Finalist in the experimental category by South by Southwest (SXSW), the annual music, film, and interactive conference and festival held in Austin, Texas. Americans Elect is on the cutting edge of political reform - changing the way we nominate a President of the United States, and also emerging as one of the best new websites in the marketplace today. “Americans Elect uniquely offers everyone an online way to participate, regardless of party affiliation, in political discussion and debate, and results in a balanced ticket that is on the ballot nationwide,” said Joshua S. Levine, Chief Technology Officer of Americans Elect. “It is an honor to be recognized for our effort to reform the political process with American technology and innovation, at a time when our country is in desperate need of reform. If we can start to change the way we elect our officials, we can change the way they govern, and that to me is real reform.”   The country is demanding a third option – 66 percent of American voters believe it is important for an independent to run for president in 2012 – and Americans Elect is offering that third option. At Americans Elect, every voter’s voice is heard regardless of party affiliation. All registered voters are encouraged to sign up at AmericansElect.org to debate the issues, develop the Platform of Questions and select a candidate of their choice. The SXSW Interactive festival takes place March 9-13, 2012, featuring presentations showcasing the best new websites, video games and startup ideas.    ### Let's Make History! Americans Elect

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Governor Buddy Roemer to Seek Americans Elect Nomination

Manchester, NH- Today I officially announce that I will seek the Americans Elect nomination as a proud Republican but as an even prouder American.

Our country is on the wrong track and Americans are in search of real leadership. Leadership that isn't predetermined by lobbyists, political parties, or Wall Street executives, but leadership that is free to do what is right for the citizens of our great nation.

Many Americans are unemployed or without health insurance, or both. Some have been foreclosed on or about to be foreclosed on. Sadly, the list goes on and on. From the Tea Party movement to the Occupy Wall Street movement, it is safe to say Americans have lost faith in their government and neither President Obama nor Congress have put aside politics in order to help their fellow Americans.

I will take my message of ending business as usual in Washington directly to the American people. No other candidate is free from the special interests or has the experience I have. I am a former governor, four-term congressman, successful businessman and Harvard-educated economist. And yet, the Republican Party has not allowed me in the debates. Perhaps they don't like my message about the corrupting influence of money in politics. But, I believe the American people want to hear the message, so I'm going to seek the nomination of Americans Elect which appears eager to welcome diverse and controversial opinions that may upset the status quo.

I will continue to campaign for the Republican nomination and hope to surprise everyone on January 10 in New Hampshire.

 
Governor Buddy Roemer is a four-term Congressman and former Governor of Louisiana. He is known for refusing PAC and special interest money, implementing campaign finance reform, turning around Louisiana’s failing economy and cutting the state’s unemployment rate in half in just four years. Roemer is a candidate for President of the United States. His website is www.BuddyRoemer.com.

Americans Elect Video Marks One Year to 2012 Elections

One Year in Washington

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The time is now to rethink our election process

WASHINGTON, D.C., NOVEMBER 9, 2011 - Today, Americans Elect released a video that marks the one-year countdown to the 2012 presidential election.

A lot can happen in one year, and at Americans Elect the change we need has already begun. Americans Elect is on the ground across the nation gaining 50-state ballot access. We have technology in place that allows every voter to participate in the first online nominating convention in June 2012. That open process will nominate a nonpartisan ticket offering all Americans a third way, a new way to choose their president.
 
"Our people expect their President and the Congress to find essential agreement on issues of great moment," President Dwight Eisenhower said in his Farewell Address in 1961. Today, agreements are not being reached, and great moments are few and far between. “It is imperative that we reach across the aisle, and transcend the partisanship,” Elliot Ackerman, COO of Americans Elect said. “Let’s bring our country back into balance so more great moments can happen.”
 
The organization has already collected over 1.9 million signatures to support its ballot access activities, more than half of what is necessary to ensure that a third option will be on the ballot in all 50 states. This effort is real, and it is happening now, working to give voters the opportunity to pick a president, not a party. 
 
As the video concludes, “A lot can change in a year...even in Washington.”
 
Over 1,400 photos were used to make the video. The photos were contributed by Americans Elect supporters who have been running a time-lapse camera in Arlington, Virginia for the past three years. The photos capture iconic Washington, including the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and United States Capitol. As these symbols of our democracy flash across the screen, voiceovers of several past presidents remind us of the principles we as a nation once valued. 
 
The video is part of Americans Elect’s outreach to voters to encourage them to go to www.AmericansElect.org where they can join more than 140,000 delegates who have already signed up for next year’s history-making online presidential nominating convention.
 
 
FULL SCRIPT
 
TEXT: One year in Washington.
 
AUDIO: "This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly." (Franklin D Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address, 3/4/1933)
 
TEXT: Our country is in trouble. It is that simple.
 
AUDIO: "Our people expect their President and the Congress to find essential agreement on issues of great moment." (Dwight D Eisenhower, Farewell Address, 1/17/1961)
 
TEXT: Partisanship has paralyzed government. Leaders put party over country.
 
AUDIO: "We the people tell the government what to do, it doesn't tell us." (Ronald Reagan, Farewell Address, 1/11/89)
 
TEXT: We have one year to act, to rethink elections as usual.
 
AUDIO: "Regardless of your politics, whether you are Republican or Democrat...[t]he President is President of the whole country." (Harry S. Truman, Farewell Address, 1/15/1953)
 
TEXT: In 2012 we pick a president not a party. A lot can change in one year...even in Washington. Join us: www.AmericansElect.org.
 

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CHQ - Online Poll of Conservatives Shows Strong Opposition to a 3rd Party; 92% Believe Obama is a Socialist or a Marxist

Online Poll of Conservatives Shows Strong Opposition to a 3rd Party;
92% Believe Obama is a Socialist or a Marxist

     (Manassas, Virginia) An Internet poll sponsored by Richard A. Viguerie, Chairman of ConservativeHQ.com, in conjunction with his recent article, "From an old-school conservative, advice for the tea party," online at http://tinyurl.com/23e7zf5, showed overwhelming opposition to a conversion of the Tea Party movement into a political party.

     The poll of 736 respondents showed only 11.8% thought the Tea Party should become a political party.

     President Obama is considered to be an extreme left wing radical by almost 92% of the poll respondents, with 46.5% labeling him a Marxist and 45.3% a socialist. Only 4.3% thought he was a liberal.

     More than 70% considered themselves part of the Tea Party movement, and an additional 17% were conservatives but did not identify with the Tea Party cause. Eight percent said they were libertarians and 4.5% opted for "none of the above."

     Viguerie said the results were significant because it showed conservatives were not interested in splitting their votes.

     "Republicans lost three Senate seats in 2008 - Ted Stevens in Alaska, Norm Coleman in Minnesota, and Gordon Smith in Oregon - and two seats in 2006 - Jim Talent in Missouri and Conrad Burns in Montana - because of conservative third-party candidates. If these five senators were still in office, there probably would have been no Stimulus Bill and no Obamacare. Conservative third parties almost certainly made these liberal legislative victories possible," he said.

     In looking back on the Bush Administration and the Republican-controlled Congress, more than 77% said many conservative leaders got too close to the GOP and lost their independence and effectiveness. Only 13.5% disagreed.

     The complete results of the poll are online at http://tinyurl.com/2bggycm

Sam Adams Alliance announces new podcast: Engaging Democracy with Eric O'Keefe

A few weeks ago when Doug Hoffman, a Conservative Party candidate in New York's 23rd congressional district, forced the big-spending Republican candidate to withdraw from the race, many voters thought this was the moment when a third-party candidate could finally go to Washington as a true representative of the people in his district, and not of a party apparatus.
 
Hoffman's candidacy, which received a wealth of national grassroots support and media attention, is just one example of how relatively successful third-party candidates have caused a section of the disgruntled electorate to raise their energy and their hope to ask the question: Can a third-party survive in this two-party country?
 

In his first podcast in a series titled "Engaging Democracy," Eric O'Keefe, chairman of the Sam Adams Alliance and a former executive director of the Libertarian Party, discusses why third parties may not be the avenue that leads to fielding principled candidates and taking power from the two major parties.

Listen to the podcast here or find it on iTunes.

Sign up for more podcasts and updates from the Sam Adams Alliance at samadamsalliance.org.