Original sentence: During the 2000 election, it stipulated that that candidates would only be invited to debate if they had a 15 percent support level across five national polls.Ralph Nader believed that the regulation was created to stifle the views of third party candidates by keeping then off the televised Presidential Debates.The Commission sponsors and produces debates for the United States presidential and vice presidential candidates and undertakes research and educational activities relating to the debates
Edited sentence: During the 2000 election, it came up with the arbitrary stipulation that that candidates were required to have a 15 percent support level across five national polls.Its last purpose is to sponsor and produce debates for the United States presidential and vice presidential candidates and to undertake research and educational activities relating to the debates.Mostly, it is in place to sideline potential third-party threats.This was new to the 2000 election, and many suspect was put in place so that Ralph Nader would not be allowed to appear on the televised Presidential Debates