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Americans Elect, a well-financed group that aimed to help a viable third party candidate enter this November’s presidential race, has announced it is ending its web-based push to break America’s two-party system.

The organisation, which was founded with millions of dollars from its initial wealthy backers, had little trouble in organising a push to get on the ballot across America. It managed to secure ballot access in 29 states and was on track in all the rest. But it failed to attract a big-name candidate to join it or generate enough popular support from ordinary Americans to fulfil its own requirements to accept a candidate. [more]

Americans Elect couldn’t elect anyone, despite funding and a spot on the ballot in most states. So now they’re gone. A shame, but not one without lessons.

Seems like just yesterday they were in their early hustle, promising Americans more options:

“What’s important to realize is, this isn’t another political party. This isn’t a third party. This is a second nominating process. And the vision here is that, in November of 2012, when American voters go to the poll, there will be a third ticket that they have directly nominated themselves,” Elliot Ackerman, American’s Elect