IT’S A PARTY ON THE INTERNET–A POLITICAL PARTY

A group of millionaires is financing a new internet start-up–they’re starting up a third political party.  The group “Americans Elect” is launching a petition drive this week in Oregon to make the state’s 2012 Presidential ballot.  The group plans to nominate candidates for President and Vice President entirely online, and run them against the two major party candidates in 2012.  “Americans Elect” has already qualified for the ballot in six states, and says it has enough signatures for a seventh–California.  Internet advocates say the group could blow open the U.S. political process, as Amazon did to book selling, and as the Apple I-pod changed the music industry.

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