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Americans Elect

Type: Organization

Name: Americans Elect

Nationality: United States

Web Address: http://www.americanselect.org/

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Americans Elect

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Our opinion: Tax law invited abuse

Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller has fallen on his sword for the actions of middle management types who targeted the tea party and other conservative groups that were applying for tax-exempt status. Any misuse of the considerable power of the tax ... [Published Berkshire Eagle - May 17 2013]

Entities: Tax Law, Abuse, Steven Miller, Organism, Social Welfare

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

IRS controversy may call new attention to big "dark money" spenders

_ The Internal Revenue Service - never the most popular agency of all time- is at the center of new scandal over allegations that politically motivated employees treated conservative Tea Party groups seeking tax exempt status unfairly. The agency may ... [Published Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - May 16 2013]

Entities: IRS Internal Revenue Service, Fred Wertheimer, Crossroads GPS, Americans Elect

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Carl Levin

IRS Targeting Pushed By Democrats Aided Obama Campaign

Posted 06:54 PM ETScandal: Senate Democrats, including supporters of the Disclose Act, provided the names of groups they wanted targeted in a taxpayer-funded witch hunt overseen by an IRS employee and Obama campaign donor.Using the Citizens United case ... [Published Investors Business Daily - May 16 2013]

Entities: Carl Levin, Barack Obama, Citizens United

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

FLASHBACK: NY Times defended IRS targeting tea party groups in 2012

Back when leaders of tea party groups were just alleging their organizations were being targeted by the Internal Revenue Service, The New York Times defended the agency for applying extra scrutiny to the conservative groups.“Taxpayers should be encouraged ... [Published Daily Caller - May 13 2013]

Entities: Tea Party Movement, IRS Internal Revenue Service, R.S. Corp Ltd, Social Welfare

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

IRS Internal Revenue Service

The Media And The IRS Scandal

In the wake of the IRS’s admission that it had "inappropriately" targeted conservative groups, the obvious question arises: Where was the watchdog media while this gross constitutional violation was going on?Spoiler alert: They were urging the IRS on ... [Published 620 WTMJ - May 11 2013]

Entities: IRS Internal Revenue Service, Tea Party Movement, Social Welfare

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

Council on Foreign Relations

Documentation Note: Peter Ackerman, Rockport Capital, the Council on Foreign Relations, and Americans Elect

This brief post serves as a coda to the privatized election saga of Americans Elect 2012 and a prelude to whatever stage of activity Americans Elect might plan next. Three points of information: A search of Florida’s corporation records reveals ... [Published Irregular Times - May 05 2013]

Entities: Americans Elect, Peter Ackerman, Council on Foreign Relations, Corroboration, Kahlil Byrd

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 1 reports

Minnesota Public Radio

Peter Ackerman Makes April 2013 Public Appearance as Chairman of Americans Elect

Is the Americans Elect corporate brand of privatized elections dead? Is it sold off to bidders? Not if you go by its April 2 corporate filing with Rhode Island , which as we mentioned yesterday shows that Joshua Levine and Kahlil Byrd are still ... [Published Irregular Times - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: Americans Elect, Peter Ackerman, Kahlil Byrd, Passport Capital LLC, Minnesota Public Radio

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Radio Show and April 2013 Filing Reveal Americans Elect is Withdrawing but Persistent and Not Sold Off

From 2006 to 2010 as Unity08 , and again from 2010 to 2012 in renamed form, the Americans Elect corporation operated an efforts to try and elect its own candidate for President of the United States via a privatized selection run by a corporate board. ... [Published Irregular Times - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Americans Elect, Kahlil Byrd, Peter Ackerman, Concealment

First reported Apr 20 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 3 reports

Arizona voter registration numbers down

PHOENIX Arizona's voter registration numbers are nearly 2,700 lower since the last report in January.The Secretary of State's Office announced Friday that Arizona now has slightly more than 3.2 million registered voters.Nearly all of the electorate is ... [Published KTAR.com - Apr 20 2013]

Entities: Americans Elect

First reported Mar 28 2013 - Updated Mar 28 2013 - 1 reports

Americans Elect’s Peter Ackerman, Kahlil Byrd and Dan Winslow: Where Are They Now?

As you may recall, from 2010 to 2012 the Americans Elect corporation operated an effort to try and elect its own candidate for President of the United States via a privatized selection run by a corporate board. That effort failed dismally despite ... [Published Irregular Times - Mar 28 2013]

Entities: Americans Elect, Kahlil Byrd, Peter Ackerman

First reported Mar 28 2013 - Updated Mar 28 2013 - 1 reports

Americans Elect still a Qualified Political Party in California

A brief note: according to correspondence from the California Secretary of State , Americans Elect is still qualified as a political party in the state of California. Considering that Americans Elect’s DC corporate status remains “dissolved,” it’s ... [Published Irregular Times - Mar 28 2013]

Entities: Americans Elect, Political Party

First reported Feb 13 2013 - Updated Feb 13 2013 - 2 reports

Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest

Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here . Senate : • MA-Sen : Hah, there's going to be a contested Republican primary for the Massachusetts Senate special election? Sure looks ... [Published Swing State Project - Feb 13 2013]

Entities: Massachusetts Senate, David Bernstein, Elections

Quotes

"What I think it boils down to is, if people are giving to the Sierra Club or NRA, they'd be surprised if their names are showing up in public records or in the Internet" Mattison said

IRS controversy may call new attention to big "dark money" spenders [Published Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - May 16 2013]

..."Our concern now," Wertheimer says, "is to make sure the focus on IRS abuses does not become cover for political organizations that are blatantly misusing the tax laws."

The Real IRS Scandal Was Choosing Its Targets Poorly [Published Time - May 14 2013]

...government granted him a waiver to do so—though it may only be so much rope: The Miami Herald described the privatization as an expansion of "a five-county pilot program that has been rife with problems."

Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 2/21 [Published Swing State Project - Feb 21 2013]

...He also says he won't decide on whether to run again until "the end of the year or the beginning of the next year." I'm sure that hesitancy isn't endearing him to his fellow party members back home: If he does bail late in the cycle, it would only leave a short period...

Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 2/14 [Published Swing State Project - Feb 14 2013]

More Content

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Our opinion: Tax law invited abuse [Published Berkshire Eagle - May 17 2013]
IRS controversy may call new attention to big "... [Published Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - May 16 2013]
IRS Targeting Pushed By Democrats Aided Obama C... [Published Investors Business Daily - May 16 2013]
IRS Targeting Pushed By DemocratsAided Obama Ca... [Published Lucianne.com - May 16 2013]
‘Crossroads GPS and Priorities USA were created... [Published Ezra Klein - May 15 2013]
The Real IRS Scandal Was Choosing Its Targets P... [Published Time - May 14 2013]
IRS Focus on Tea Parties Stirs Dissent on Healt... [Published Bloomberg - May 14 2013]
It condemns I.R.S. audits of political groups [Published New York Times - May 14 2013]
FLASHBACK: NY Times defended IRS targeting tea ... [Published Daily Caller - May 13 2013]
The Media And The IRS Scandal [Published 620 WTMJ - May 11 2013]
Documentation Note: Peter Ackerman, Rockport Ca... [Published Irregular Times - May 05 2013]
Peter Ackerman Makes April 2013 Public Appearan... [Published Irregular Times - Apr 26 2013]
Radio Show and April 2013 Filing Reveal America... [Published Irregular Times - Apr 25 2013]
Arizona voter registration numbers down [Published KTAR.com - Apr 20 2013]
Ariz voter registration numbers down by some 2,700 [Published KTAR.com - Apr 20 2013]
AZ voter registration down by 2,700 [Published ABC15.com - Apr 20 2013]
Photo release: 2013 User Experience Awards Subm... [Published Yahoo! Finance - Apr 16 2013]
Photo release: 2013 User Experience Awards Subm... [Published Interest!ALERT - Apr 16 2013]
Photo release: 2013 User Experience Awards Subm... [Published ITbriefing - Apr 16 2013]
My Cunning Plan [Published Eschaton - Apr 15 2013]
Draft Hillary Clinton Movement Starts With Corr... [Published Irregular Times - Apr 12 2013]
Brad Paisley And LL Cool J Have Given Us The Ra... [Published Think Progress - Apr 09 2013]
Americans Elect’s Peter Ackerman, Kahlil Byrd a... [Published Irregular Times - Mar 28 2013]
Americans Elect still a Qualified Political Par... [Published Irregular Times - Mar 28 2013]
Registration Numbers: GOP Continues to Dwindle [Published Calitics - Front Page - Mar 26 2013]
The Massachusetts Pig Pile Senate Race [Published Balloon Juice - Mar 12 2013]
Invia i Pagliacci! Ci Devono Essere Pagliacci! ... [Published naked capitalism - Feb 26 2013]
Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 2/21 [Published Swing State Project - Feb 21 2013]
Is America Ready for a New Third Party? Is “No ... [Published Breitbart Feed - Feb 20 2013]
Open Thread: This Time, for Sure, Rocky! [Published Balloon Juice - Feb 19 2013]

Blogs

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‘Crossroads GPS and Priorities USA were created... [Published Ezra Klein - May 15 2013] Karl Rove, head honcho of the noted 501(c)(4) Crossroads GPS, arguably engages more in politics than in social welfare. (Justin Sullivan/GETTY IMAGES) Fred Wertheimer is the founder and president of Democracy 21, a leading campaign finance reform ...
Documentation Note: Peter Ackerman, Rockport Ca... [Published Irregular Times - May 05 2013] This brief post serves as a coda to the privatized election saga of Americans Elect 2012 and a prelude to whatever stage of activity Americans Elect might plan next. Three points of information: A search of Florida’s corporation records reveals ...
Peter Ackerman Makes April 2013 Public Appearan... [Published Irregular Times - Apr 26 2013] Is the Americans Elect corporate brand of privatized elections dead? Is it sold off to bidders? Not if you go by its April 2 corporate filing with Rhode Island , which as we mentioned yesterday shows that Joshua Levine and Kahlil Byrd are still ...
Radio Show and April 2013 Filing Reveal America... [Published Irregular Times - Apr 25 2013] From 2006 to 2010 as Unity08 , and again from 2010 to 2012 in renamed form, the Americans Elect corporation operated an efforts to try and elect its own candidate for President of the United States via a privatized selection run by a corporate board. ...
My Cunning Plan [Published Eschaton - Apr 15 2013] Get a jump on the 2016 version of Hot Soup, No Labels, Unity '08, Americans Elect, blah blah blah, and convince a bunch of stupid rich people to give me money to fund it.Smart rich people could also give me lots of money, but that wouldn't require this ...