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Originally Posted by Brujah
What's the rule with that 5% thing? Ross Perot got 19% of the popular vote, so I'm assuming it didn't count because the rule applies to a short period?
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Third-party candidates may get public funds in an amount proportionate to votes received by that party as compared with the major parties in the previous presidential election. In 1996, Ross Perot became the first third-party candidate to be eligible and received $29.1 million as a Reform Party candidate. Independent or new party candidates may receive retroactive public funds after the election, if they get at least 5% of the popular votes. John Anderson, in 1980, was the only candidate to date who received this benefit--some $4.2 million
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