Story highlights Stein has consistently polled as the fourth-most popular option

She has focused on pitching herself to Sanders' supporters

CNN will host a town hall with Green Party nominee Jill Stein and her running mate, Ajamu Baraka, August 17 at 9:00 p.m. ET.

(CNN) CNN announced Wednesday it will host one of its town hall events with the Green Party's presidential nominee Jill Stein and her running mate, Ajamu Baraka.

The hour-long event will be held on Wednesday, August 17 at 9:00 p.m. ET. The event will broadcast live on CNN, CNN International, CNN en Espanol and online via CNNgo

Stein has consistently polled as the fourth-most popular option in the presidential race, after Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and Libertarian Gary Johnson. In the most recent CNN/ORC poll, Stein received 5% support nationwide, four points behind Johnson, her nearest competitor.

Like Johnson, who has now been featured in two CNN town hall events, Stein also ran in 2012, but failed to gain traction. When the race was over, the FEC says she earned 470,000 votes or .36% of the popular vote. The Green Party's high-water mark was Ralph Nader's 2000 run, where he got nearly 3% of the vote nationwide.

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