Open Debates seeks to change the debate process . . .

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"The American people are the losers because the real issues never are aired by the candidates."Congressman Ed Markey

http://www.opendebates.org/

Open Debates

Open Debates works to ensure that the presidential debates serve the American people first.

Open Debates is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed to reforming the presidential debate process. Currently, the presidential debates are secretly controlled by the major parties, through the private bipartisan corporation called the Commission on Presidential Debates, resulting in the stultification of format, the exclusion of popular candidates, and the avoidance of pressing national issues.

The major party candidates never pay a political price for their antidemocratic practices; posing as an independent sponsor, the
Commission on Presidential Debates shields the major party candidates from public criticism and public accountability.

Open Debates is launching simultaneous campaigns to inform the public, the news media and policy makers about the fundamental problems with the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates. It is also promoting an alternative presidential debate sponsor - the nonpartisan Citizens' Debate Commission - comprised of national civic leaders committed to maximizing voter education.

List of Supporters

20/20 Vision
Accuracy In Media
Alliance for Better Campaigns
The American Cause
Appleseed Electoral Reform Project
Ballot Access News
Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
Center for Food Safety
Center for Reclaiming America
Center for Rural Strategies
Center for Study of Responsive Law
Center for Voting and Democracy
Citizens for Participation in Political Action
Citizen Works
Common Cause
Commonwealth Coalition
Declaration Foundation
Democracy Matters
Democracy South
Demos
Earth Island Institute
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting
Fannie Lou Hamer Project
Federation for American Immigration Reform
Free Congress Foundation
Free Press
Friends of the Earth
Fund for Constitutional Government
Global Exchange
GRACE Public Fund
Grassroots Unity
Greenpeace
Independent Progressive Politics Network
Infact
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Judicial Watch
League of Rural Voters
MassVOTE
Midwest Democracy Center
National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling
National Coalition for the Homeless
National Priorities Project
National Voting Rights Institute
The National Youth & Student Peace Coalition
National Youth Advocacy Coalition
Native Forest Council
New Road Map Foundation
Ohio Citizen Action
Public Campaign
Rainforest Action Network
Reclaim Democracy
RenewAmerica
Santa Monica Ranked Voting
Student Environmental Action Coalition
Texans for Public Justice
Tikkun
US English
The Voting Rights Project of the Institute for Southern Studies

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1. Yep. Glad they are ought there

educating the public.