He was an independent candidate for President of the United States in the 1996 presidential election and sought unsuccessfully to run again in 2000 .
Charles Edwin Collins ( 16 January 1929 -- 16 September 2012 ) was an American politician and activist .
Charles Edwin Collins was an independent politician for President of the United States in the 1996 presidential election and sought unsuccessfully to run again in 2000 .
Charles Edwin Collins ( 16 January 1929 -- 16 September 2012 ) was an American politician and activist .