Its plan is not to create a third party but to use the internet to choose a presidential candidate from any party (who will in turn have to pick a running-mate from a different one) and put this non-partisan ticket on the ballot in every state.
The object of Americans Elect is to assemble a non-partisan ticket through a series of caucuses and national nominating convention on the internet.
Hence, she asserted that Americans Elect -- an open movement to get a non-partisan or bi-partisan ticket on the presidential ballot in November -- which could draw votes from the president (but apparently not Romney? -- is a terrible thing.
Lane ran for Governor of California in 1902 on the Democratic and Non-Partisan tickets.
Unstated preferences can also be revealed by partisan straight-ticket voting, which has reached record highs.
Governor Dewey made a fiercely partisan attack on the Democratic ticket.
That would've made the convention extremely dicey, but I think [McCain] would've ended up with a strong ticket with bi-partisan appeal.
He also mentioned that he personally pushed for McCain to choose Joe Lieberman, saying, "that would've made the convention extremely dicey, but I think [McCain] would've ended up with a strong ticket with bi-partisan appeal".
(In Illinois, candidates for lieutenant governor run as individuals in partisan primary elections, then as a ticket in general elections).
The remarks came in a conference call with evangelical Christians, sandwiched between public rallies in which he often spoke of the Romney-Ryan ticket's promise to bridge partisan divides if elected.
