From Americans Elect
Former Oklahoma Governor and Senator David Boren today joined an Americans Elect volunteer delegate and student leader to file nearly 90,000 signatures with the State Election Board to put a line on the general election ballot for the organization’s presidential ticket to be selected this June in the first-ever online nominating convention.
Americans Elect collected nearly twice the 51,739 signatures required by the state of Oklahoma for statewide ballot access.
Dissatisfaction with the current political system and recognition that our nation is in severe trouble have provoked Gov. Boren to step forward and join with Americans Elect and fellow Oklahomans to ensure they have a third choice for president on the ballot this fall if needed. Boren joins nearly 400,000 other Americans who have signed up to become delegates at AmericansElect.org and participate in the drafting of a candidate who they believe will put country before party and elect a unity ticket this November.
“Those who signed this petition are sending a message to Democrats and Republicans alike—stop wasting precious time fighting with each other and start working together to solve our problems. We need a truly bipartisan government, including a bipartisan cabinet, to bring all Americans together in a united effort,” Gov. Boren said. “We need a bipartisan presidential ticket that will embrace the main proposals of the Simpson-Bowles Commission to stop the runaway budget deficits that put our nation at risk. We need a ticket that will fight for a constitutional amendment to stop the flood of special interest money that threatens to destroy grassroots democracy.”
