open the debates – Open the Debates

On a day when we were supposed to get another pointless showdown between President Trump and former Vice President Biden, we are launching our second push to build a grassroots, cross-partisan force that can open up the presidential debates to all ballot-qualified candidates. … Read More >If we raise our voices together, we can break the sound barrier and force open the debates.

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Open the Debates “Moneybomb” – Planting the Seeds of Political Transformation

Open the DebatesOctober 28, 2019October 29, 2019

For too long, the two major parties in this country have worked together to silence any outside competition from third party or independent candidates. For too long, they have gotten away with it, with barely … Continue ReadingOpen the Debates “Moneybomb” – Planting the Seeds of Political Transformation

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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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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