As different locations around the nation begin the preparations to host the 2016 presidential debates, they have been advised to be ready to place a third podium on the stage. As Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton prepare to take each other on, two names are likely still remaining in the back of their heads, Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party and Jill Stein of the Green Party. Given the fact that Trump and Clinton are the least popular presidential candidates in U.S. history, it’s time to have a third voice on the debate stage with them, on Sept. 26, and that third voice should be Gary Johnson.

The two-term former governor of New Mexico is currently polling at about 11% in the five polls that the Commission on Presidential Debates is using to determine who will be participating in the debates. In order to automatic admission into the debates, a candidate needs to reach 15% in the polls. Jill Stein has been around 4% in these polls. But Governor Johnson should be the one on stage to debate Clinton and Trump, not only because of his polling numbers, but because he is the only other candidate that will be on the ballot in all 50 states.

Jill Stein fans will be less than content with the fact that she is not listed in the list of candidates that should be allowed to debate, but there are two main reasons that she shouldn’t be included, the first being that she is nowhere near the necessary poll numbers to qualify (she is polling less than Harambe, the slain gorilla, according to Public Policy Polling) and she isn’t on the ballot in all 50 states. Governor Johnson, on the other hand, is very close to obtaining 15% support and is on the ballot in all 50 states. The facts are very clear.

As the two most hated candidates in U.S. history prepare for the bloodbaths that will be called debates, there needs to be a third voice on that stage, one that will be clear and will stick to the issues. That third candidate is Gary Johnson, who is the only other candidate that will be on the ballot in all 50 states. It’s time for a third voice, and Governor Johnson is more than ready to fill that gap.