Rules and regulations in most states protect the two parties that have held sway in US politics for more than a century. It turns out that most state bureaucracies, theoretically accountable to the public, in fact are accountable to the parties, and do everything they can to keep Americans Elect from claiming its right to a spot on the ballot next fall.
该团体的第一个目标就是赢得在美国全部五十个州推举一名总统候选人的权利，以打破各州以往只有一个民主党人和一个共和党人决胜的常规。这决非易事，而且要一个州一个州地进行争取。大多数州的法律条令都偏袒民主共和这两个支配美国政治超过一世纪的政党。目前看来那些理论上应该对公众负责的官僚机构事实上却在看政党的脸色行事，并想尽一切办法阻止“让美国人来选”运动行使在明年秋天推举一个总统候选人的权利。