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The Free & Equal Elections Foundation is partnering with the Independent National Union and Open the Debates to present the third Open Presidential Debate of the 2020 election at Little America Hotel & Resort Grand Ballroom on October 24, 2020 at 6pm MDT in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The debate will take place during the inaugural Independent National Convention | INC 2020. … Read More >5 Presidential Candidates To Participate in Third Open Debate of 2020

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To Establish a Fairer Electoral System, Group Campaigns to Open Presidential Debates to Third Parties

Open the DebatesOctober 12, 2020October 23, 2020

Open the Debates founder Eli Beckerman recently discussed opening up presidential debates with Scott Harris, host of Counterpoint and Between the Lines from WPKN radio in Bridgeport, CT. … Read More >To Establish a Fairer Electoral System, Group Campaigns to Open Presidential Debates to Third Parties

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Alliance Party After Dark podcast features Open the Debates

Open the DebatesSeptember 6, 2020September 16, 2020

Open the Debates founder Eli Beckerman joined Dan Schaefer, host of the Alliance Party After Dark podcast for a timely and lively chat about the importance of exclusionary political debates. … Read More >Alliance Party After Dark podcast features Open the Debates

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OTD founder Eli Beckerman talks open debates with Free & Equal’s Christina Tobin

Open the DebatesAugust 24, 2020September 15, 2020

As part of the Free & Equal Elections Foundation‘s United We Stand Sessions, Open the Debates founder Eli Beckerman joined Christina Tobin to talk about Making America Debate Again. One exciting announcement is the October … Continue ReadingOTD founder Eli Beckerman talks open debates with Free & Equal’s Christina Tobin

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Independent Voter Podcast features Open the Debates

Open the DebatesOctober 14, 2019October 28, 2019

Open the Debates founder Eli Beckerman joined Independent Voter‘s Shawn Griffiths for a conversation about the prospects of opening up the political system in the wake of impeachmentgate. This episode of Toppling the Duopoly was dubbed … Continue ReadingIndependent Voter Podcast features Open the Debates

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Op-Ed: All politics, and all political transformation, is local

Open the DebatesAugust 20, 2019August 20, 2019

Originally published August 1 in The Fulcrum By Eli Beckerman Beckerman is the founder of Open the Debates, a cross-partisan group that advocates allowing more third party and independent candidates to participate in campaign debates. Are … Continue ReadingOp-Ed: All politics, and all political transformation, is local

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Salem News: Letter to the Editor

Open the DebatesJuly 31, 2019July 31, 2019

Excluding Moulton, others from debates is undemocratic Published in Salem News, Jul 30, 2019 To the editor: Re: “No midsummer night’s debate for Moulton” (Salem News, July 19): It is an absolute travesty for a … Continue ReadingSalem News: Letter to the Editor

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Op-Ed: Nashville media, mayoral candidates are doing democracy wrong

Open the DebatesJuly 11, 2019August 20, 2019

[This Open the Debates op-ed was published July 11, 2019, in The Tennessean.] More than 2,000 people from all 50 states converged in March at the Unrig Summit, committed to working together to unrig the … Continue ReadingOp-Ed: Nashville media, mayoral candidates are doing democracy wrong

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GOP, Dems double down on anti-democratic policies, but we’re not having it.

Open the DebatesMarch 27, 2019August 20, 2019

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#MakeAmericaDebateAgain: A Stronger, Healthier Republic Requires Open Debates

Open the DebatesJanuary 2, 2019August 20, 2019

Read our first contribution to Independent Voter News.