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mk · 4566 days ago · link · · parent · post: Americans Elect is dead.

Yeah, I agree. I never knew that I could now nominate a candidate. It was a very confusing setup. It should have been dead simple, but it wasn't. There was a lot of crap that had to do with matching you to the right candidate, but that should have been optional.

If each candidate just had a one-page statement, and then you could choose him/her, it would have been much better.

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ecib · 4566 days ago · link ·

My experience with Americans Elect was this:

1. Sign up

2. Get introductory email that guides you to their site

3. First thing you see is the questionnaire that asks you what you are looking policy and belief wise.

4. Do questionnaire for over half hour and answer (no joke) over two hundred questions before I feel like some of them are repeating and I have no idea how long this is going to take.

5. Close browser wondering if I had 5 or 500 questions left to go.

6. Get email asking for money

7. Get email asking for money

8. Get email asking for money

9. Get email about something having to do with a party somewhere and spreading the word

10. Get email asking for money

11. See link on Hubski that Americans Elect failed (hmm, no email on that though)

+discuss+discuss

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benben · 4566 days ago · link ·

I had the same process. I would throw in a couple of emails telling me I needed to register as a delegate again or something like that?! Very confusing process.