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<p>FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2008 file photo, a lone voter casts her ballot at the Su Nueva Launderia on the southwest side of Chicago. Lots of people complain about the shortcomings of the country?s two-party system for picking a president. Now a nonpartisan group is gathering millions of petition signatures _ and dollars _ to offer people a Plan B. Americans Elect, which grew out of a failed 2008 effort to provide a nonpartisan alternative in the presidential race, aims to secure a slot on the November ballot in all 50 states for a to-be-determined candidate who would be nominated in the nation?s first online convention next summer. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)</p>

<p>FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2008 file photo, a lone voter casts her ballot at the Su Nueva Launderia on the southwest side of Chicago. Lots of people complain about the shortcomings of the country?s two-party system for picking a president. Now a nonpartisan group is gathering millions of petition signatures _ and dollars _ to offer people a Plan B. Americans Elect, which grew out of a failed 2008 effort to provide a nonpartisan alternative in the presidential race, aims…

November 2, 2011

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Group has Plan B for picking the president
November 2, 2011 9 p.m.

Group has Plan B for picking the president

WASHINGTON - Lots of people complain about the shortcomings of the country's two-party system for picking a president. Now a nonpartisan group is gathering millions of petition signatures - and dollars - to offer people a Plan B.