Articles by Presidential Debate News
Federal Judge Reinforces Decision That FEC, Debate Commission Acted "Contrary to Law"
Five days after its in U.S. District Court, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) asked Judge Tanya...
14 Feb, 2017
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Federal Judge Issues Blistering Ruling Against the FEC
Rules That Block Independent Candidates From Final Presidential Debates Now in Jeopardy; 2020 Electi...
03 Feb, 2017
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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 ...
02 Feb, 2017
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Court to FEC: You Can't Ignore Evidence against Debate Commission
As we reported in our ...
12 Jan, 2017
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Faced With a Lawsuit, Debate Commission Loses One-Third of Its Board Members
The , or CPD, has been under fire for its policies for several years now. For the past 24 years, the...
21 Dec, 2016
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Lawsuit: Ending Two-Party Duopoly over Debates Will Lead to More Competitive Elections
As , the lawsuit filed by the Green and Libertarian parties arguing that the Commission on President...
11 Aug, 2016
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Give Independents a Fair Shot
Editor's note: This article was written by Peter Ackerman, chairman of Level the Playing Field, and ...
04 Mar, 2016
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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 ...
15 Dec, 2015
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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 presidenti...
16 Nov, 2015
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