press release – Open the Debates

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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League of Women Voters “Refuses to Help Perpetrate a Fraud”

Open the DebatesAugust 26, 2020

In 1988, the League of Women Voters (LWV) withdrew from sponsorship of the televised presidential debates because it would not lend its trusted name to the political theater of the two-party duopoly. Their public statement of withdrawal was so powerful and prophetic that it continues to resonate deeply with voters and non-voters, over 30 years later. … Read More >League of Women Voters “Refuses to Help Perpetrate a Fraud”

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Over a Dozen Confirmed Candidates Set to Make Debate History in Chicago March 4

Open the DebatesFebruary 4, 2020February 11, 2020

Free & Equal to Deliver Timely Cross-Partisan Presidential Debate CHICAGO, IL, February 4, 2020 — In one month, Free & Equal Elections Foundation will host its first Open Presidential Debate of the 2020 US presidential election, … Continue ReadingOver a Dozen Confirmed Candidates Set to Make Debate History in Chicago March 4

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Free & Equal and Open the Debates team up for Open Presidential Debate March 4

Open the DebatesJanuary 23, 2020January 23, 2020

Open the Debates is excited to announce that we are co-hosting Free and Equal Elections’ Open Presidential Debate March 4 in Chicago, IL. Below is the press release announcing it. Please support our work on … Continue ReadingFree & Equal and Open the Debates team up for Open Presidential Debate March 4

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Democratic Debates and their Cockamamie Criteria

Open the DebatesSeptember 13, 2019September 13, 2019

The DNC continues to undermine its standing with the electorate through exclusionary political debates. For Immediate Release: September 12, 2019 Houston, TX – Half the field of candidates for the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nomination … Continue ReadingDemocratic Debates and their Cockamamie Criteria

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Democratic Debate Exclusions Are Arbitrary and Anti-Democratic

Open the DebatesJuly 23, 2019July 23, 2019

For Immediate Release: July 23, 2019 Detroit, MI – Increasing uproar over the Democratic Party’s arbitrary debate exclusions reveals questions about the party’s democratic values. Out of 25 major candidates vying to be the Democratic … Continue ReadingDemocratic Debate Exclusions Are Arbitrary and Anti-Democratic

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Democratic Debates Fail The Democracy Test

Open the DebatesJuly 19, 2019August 20, 2019

For Immediate Release: July 19, 2019 Detroit, MI – The Democratic Party’s latest debate lineups for July 30 and 31 arbitrarily shut out five notable voices. Out of 25 major candidates vying to be the … Continue ReadingDemocratic Debates Fail The Democracy Test