Centrist group No Labels sets up panel to select third-party presidential ticket

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No Labels is taking another step toward forming a bipartisan presidential ticket in November's general election.

The centrist group announced the formation of a committee to vet candidates for the potential bipartisan ticket.

"Today, No Labels is taking the next step toward providing it by announcing our process to choose the candidates for a unity ticket," former Sen. Joe Lieberman, a No Labels founding co-chair, said in a statement Thursday.

Lieberman, the 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee who ran for the party's 2004 presidential nomination before becoming an independent a couple of years later, will be part of a panel called the Country Over Party Committee, which will vet potential contenders.

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No Labels national co-chair Ben Chavis, a civil rights activist and former NAACP executive director and CEO, will also serve on the 12-member panel.

"The committee will consider input from the No Labels community and serve as representatives in meeting with potential candidates," former Dallas Mayor and No Labels national convention chair Mike Rawlings said in a video released by the group.

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Rawlings said that to be considered for the national ticket,