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Re:Lessig Ends Presidential Campaign by WCityMike on Monday November 02, 2015 @02:04PM (#10494192)
As far as I understand, at least per Lessig's team:

Dems said in order to participate in debate, you must poll 1% in three polls IN the six weeks prior to the debate. Depending on what polls were counted, Lessig either qualified or were one poll away from doing so.

Dems then “clarified” rules as being 1% in three polls AT LEAST six weeks prior to the debate.

HuffPo op-ed from Lessig's campaign manager: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-jarding/the-democrats-ha...

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Re:Lessig Ends Presidential Campaign by smacktoward on Monday November 02, 2015 @02:27PM (#10494436)
Considering that the margin of error is usually around 3-4% for public opinion polls, a candidate whose best argument for inclusion is "I've been hovering at around one percent lately!" is going to have a tough row to hoe.
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Re:Lessig Ends Presidential Campaign by tanderson92 on Tuesday November 03, 2015 @12:02AM (#10497675)
Perhaps then they should have made the threshold for qualifying higher? That argument sounds like the "Mike Goldman" side of the argument from the $5000 compression challenge.
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Re:Lessig Ends Presidential Campaign by mayneack on Monday November 02, 2015 @02:18PM (#10494335)
He also wasn't an option in many of the polls.
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