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A non-profit organization named Americans Elect is seeking to put a non-partisan Presidential candidate on all 50 state ballots next November. The group is backed by twenty million dollars in hedge fund cash, and as Mike Vasilinda tells us, it is seeking to let voters nominate candidates via the internet.

Americans Elect has a slick web site asking the question, “are politics as usual working for you?” Chief Operating Officer Elliott Ackerman has polling that says most voters are dissatisified.

“We see 82 percent of Americans in a recent Gallop poll feel like they’re not being served up stabile political solutions from Washington, DC,” Ackerman said. “Look at all of the challenges we have facing us as a country right now. We don’t seem to be moving in the right direction as a country. People want to see authentic leaders coming forward to talk about the crucial issues facing us.”

Four out of five people we talked to agree.

“It’s like going to a restaurant, I like a little more variety,” retiree Sal D’Amico said. “Instead of saying ok, all we have is hamburgers and hotdogs. I would like something besides that.”

Americans Elect is working to be on the ballot in all 50 states.

Anyone can nominate a candidate. All sitting US Senators and House members are pre-qualified

In April,  there will be an internet primary to narrow the field of candidates down to six. And then next summer, there will be an online convention to pick the nominee.

But there is a catch for the nominee and running mate.

“We are, as a requirement of AmericansElect.org, asking our candidate to run on a non-partisan ticket,” Ackerman said. “So a Republican with a Democrat, a Democrat with an Independent, or a Republican with an Independent.”

Americans Elect says it is not a stalking horse for a favorite candidate. It has come under some criticism for not disclosing the sources of its funding.

Americans Elect is gathering petitions and filing paperwork in 22 states in 2011. It expects to being work to be on the Florida General Election Ballot early next year.