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Federal Judge Reinforces Decision That FEC, Debate Commission Acted "Contrary to Law"

Five days after its stunning defeat in U.S. District Court, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) asked Judge Tanya S. Chutkan to clarify and reconsider her order. Four days later

By Presidential Debate News

/ February 14, 2017

Federal Judge Reinforces Decision That FEC, Debate Commission Acted "Contrary to Law"

Federal Judge Issues Blistering Ruling Against the FEC

Rules That Block Independent Candidates From Final Presidential Debates Now in Jeopardy; 2020 Election Could Open Up In blunt and highly critical language, a federal judge on Wednesday blasted the

By Presidential Debate News

/ February 3, 2017

Federal Judge Issues Blistering Ruling Against the FEC

Federal Judge Rules Against Federal Election Commission Decision Could Pave the Way for a New Kind of Presidential Election in 2020

WASHINGTON, DC – A federal court judge yesterday issued an unprecedented ruling that could open the way in 2020 for the first serious challenge in decades by an independent candidate for

By Presidential Debate News

/ February 2, 2017

Federal Judge Rules Against Federal Election Commission Decision Could Pave the Way for a New Kind of Presidential Election in 2020

Court to FEC: You Can't Ignore Evidence against Debate Commission

As we reported in our last letter, advocates of opening the fall presidential debates to a third candidate have received their day in court. Reporting by Bloomberg and other media

By Presidential Debate News

/ January 12, 2017

Court to FEC: You Can't Ignore Evidence against Debate Commission

Faced With a Lawsuit, Debate Commission Loses One-Third of Its Board Members

The Commission on Presidential Debates, or CPD, has been under fire for its policies for several years now. For the past 24 years, the CPD has excluded anyone but the

By Presidential Debate News

/ December 21, 2016

Lawsuit: Ending Two-Party Duopoly over Debates Will Lead to More Competitive Elections

As IVN recently reported, the lawsuit filed by the Green and Libertarian parties arguing that the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) violated anti-trust laws was dismissed in federal court. Fortunately,

By Presidential Debate News

/ August 11, 2016

Give Independents a Fair Shot

Editor's note: This article was written by Peter Ackerman, chairman of Level the Playing Field, and Larry Diamond, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Center

By Presidential Debate News

/ March 4, 2016

Chief Presidential Strategist Says Serious Third-Party Run Inevitable in 2016

Matthew Dowd (who served as chief strategist for President George W. Bush's re-election campaign in 2004) certainly understands the political moment we find ourselves in. American voters feel

By Presidential Debate News

/ December 15, 2015

Polls Don't Work, So Why Do We Let Them Decide Which Candidates Are 'Viable'?

A consensus has formed around the proposition that polling, especially in multi-candidate presidential races, has become inaccurate and unreliable.This judgment, rendered by respected experts, exposes the absurdity and corruption

By Presidential Debate News

/ November 16, 2015

Debate Commission Ignores Will of the Public, Keeps Independents Locked Out

After 10 months of bluff, dishonesty, and delay, the organization that manages the fall presidential debates, the grandiosely titled Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), last week issued its "selection

By Presidential Debate News

/ November 4, 2015

A Month Late With Its Rules, Debate Commission Still Denies Voters The Choices They Deserve

Update: On October 29, the Commission on Presidential Debates released its criteria for the 2016 fall debates. It maintains its 15% polling threshold for candidate inclusion. What polling agencies the

By Presidential Debate News

/ October 31, 2015

Candidate Meeting Polling Threshold Denied Spot in Democratic Debate

Independent candidates for president aren't the only ones who have to deal with rigged debates and a flawed system that uses polls to determine access to the stage.

By Presidential Debate News

/ October 5, 2015