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Presidential Debates: Commission on Presidential Debates
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The Commission on Presidential Debates invited Perot to the first three-way debate in 1992. The Commission decided that Perot did not have enough popular support to merit inclusion in the 1996 debates.
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The commission on Presidential Debates issued an advisory on January 6, in which it used the term "nonpartisan seven times to describe itself and it's selection criteria. The Commission is a fraud and an affront to free and democratic elections.
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About Open Debates Open Debates is a new nonprofit organization committed to reforming the presidential debate process. Open Debates works to inform the public and policymakers about the fundamental problems with the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates. It ... promotes an alternative presidential debate sponsor - the nonpartisan Citizens' Debate Commission - comprised of national civic leaders committed to maximizing voter education. Open Debates possesses a politically diverse board, a large volunteer corps, and substantial support from other civic organizations. http://www.opendebates.org/
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An endowment should be created for the Commission on Presidential Debates. At present, the Commission relies on annual private contributions for its funding. A more stable financial base will increase its institutional strength and provide it with the resources needed to conduct more extensive public outreach and educational efforts. An endowment will reduce the Commission's dependence on sponsors who must be approached on a regular basis at a time when corporate and foundation resources face greater and greater pressures. It will ... guard against the possibility of Commission members being distracted from other activities by fund-raising demands.
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On October 1, 2004, the Arizona Libertarian Party (AZLP) filed suit against the Commission on Presidential Debates and Arizona State University in the Superior Court of Arizona for Maricopa County regarding the staging of the third presidential debate. They contested that the debate, to be held on the grounds of and partially funded by a state university, constituted an illegal in kind campaign donation because it excluded Michael Badnarik, the Libertarian candidate. (Only Bush, Kerry, and Badnarik had ballot access in Arizona.) In the complaint the Arizona Libertarian Party alleged that ASU was "making a donation to two individual campaigns [Bush and Kerry] through the Commission on Presidential Debates as a conduit, in violation of the Arizona Constitution's prohibition on making gifts or donations to individuals or corporations."
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On Feb. 18, 1987, the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in a (PDF) joint news release announced "RNC and DNC establish Commission on Presidential Debates". That news release states:
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