I believe this is an example of how our electoral process gets shanghaied by the left.
I’m sending you my preliminary research into who these people are. Please feel free to update or correct this info.
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Who makes up the “Presidential Debate Commission”? Who appointed them, and where did they come from? Why do they seem to be the final word on presidential debates? https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/junkie/archive/junkie092200.htm
Mission: The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) was established in 1987 to ensure that debates, as a permanent part of every general election, provide the best possible information to viewers and listeners. https://www.debates.org/index.php?page=about-cpd Have ANY of the CPD debates been best possible information rather than biased leftwing agitprop?
Leadership: Co-Chairmen Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr. Republican, Berkeley Trained Lawyer President and CEO of the American Gaming Association (AGA), the national trade association for the commercial casino industry Chairman of the Republican National Committee. 1983-9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_J._Fahrenkopf,_Jr.
Michael D. McCurry former press secretary for Bill Clinton’s administration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_McCurry_(press_secretary)
Honorary Co-Chairmen  (includes two dead Republicans and two living Democrats?) Gerald R. Ford      – Deceased Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan    – Deceased William J. Clinton
Co-Chairman Emeritus Paul G. Kirk, Jr.
Board of Directors Howard G. Buffett – D Eldest son of Warren Buffett https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Graham_Buffett
John C. Danforth – R https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Danforth
John Griffen – no bio found?
Antonia Hernandez – no bio found?
Reverend John I. Jenkins https://newsinfo.nd.edu/news/27000-father-jenkins-elected-to-commission-on-presidential-debates/
Newton N. Minow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_N._Minow
Richard D. Parsons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Parsons_(businessman)
Dorothy Ridings – no bio found?
Alan K. Simpson – R https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_K._Simpson
Executive Director Janet H. Brown Executive director since 1987. What is amazing about Janet Brown is that there is not much bio available on her or her lawyer husband. Brown served in appointed positions at the White House and the Office of Management and Budget. She also served on the staffs of the Hon. John C. Danforth in the United States Senate and Ambassador Elliot L. Richardson at the State Department. https://www.centre.edu/news/2012/commencement_announcement.html https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/opinion/sunday/catching-up-with-the-debates-director-janet-h-brown.html?_r=0
https://www.debates.org/index.php?page=commission-leadership
These are the sponsors: https://www.debates.org/index.php?page=national-debate-sponsors
History: Note how they include the Lincoln Douglas debates (1858) and debates for the years 1948, 1956, 1960, 1976, 1980 & 1984 which they had nothing to do with… Fragments of the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas Debates are available on youtube. Google 1858 Lincoln-Douglas Debates to find the complete reenacted debate from other sources. https://www.debates.org/index.php?page=debate-historyThe 1960 debate is on Youtube in its entirety.  1946 is not.