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Americans Elect’s Kahlil Byrd on how his organization’s goal to pick the next president won’t get hijacked
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I'm guessing -- third party we're Democrats Republicans and independents coming together.
With a focus goal.
Khalil -- is CEO of American -- -- or eight.
Nonpartisan nonprofit organization.
Has come up with a new way to choose the next president.
This Washington is failing the American people.
Americans elect has been in -- focus away going out and getting on the ballot in all fifty states and the re imagining the way we nominate a presidential ticket.
Would more than twenty million dollars in contributions much of it reportedly from hedge funders plus a staff of 150.
Are you registered voter in Multnomah County.
Americans -- says it's gotten more than two million signatures.
To put a third presidential ticket on the ballot what's wrong.
With the two political party.
The issues and ideas that will take the country to a better place are pretty obvious to the American people.
They don't seem to be obviously -- that we have and Washington.
We have people tell the government what to do.
Here is where it gets interest -- Next April 8.
In June the sixth finalist must -- player their willingness to rock and we'll pick a running mate from the other party.
And an online convention we'll choose the ticket.
We think that a coalition ticket the ticket of a Democrat and Republican running in 2012.
Is exactly what's needed to break the stranglehold.
On Washington and to re imagine what it's gonna take to take the United States for the next level.
No one has announced he'll run but names that pop up include Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz and former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice.
Americans elect won't support the nominee is they'll be on their -- And that's created a controversy.
Eight he is officially not a political committee but a social welfare organization.
Which means it doesn't have to disclose its donors.
Or limit their contribution.
-- -- -- -- because people are are actually living in the real world in the real world retribution as possible.
The reality is that is that the democratic and Republican parties -- this is very talented.
Khalil bird as a Republican who worked for liberal Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.
He believes the eight each candidate can win.
House for talk -- ticket -- just -- boilers throwing the election to the other side he says the system can't get any more broken.
Thousands of people who worked on the process and the millions of people who support it.
They have an opportunity really rethink the way we nominate and elect people in this country.
