Lawrence Lessig. Image: Joi Ito/Flickr
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By 2016, the group aims "to win a majority in Congress who have either co-sponsored or committed to co-sponsor fundamental reform legislation," according to the website. "In 2017, we will then press to get Congress to pass, and the president to sign, legislation that fundamentally reforms the way elections are funded."It sounds a bit far-fetched, but so was raising $5 million out of thin air from 50,000 donors to support a cause that has taken one body blow after another in recent years. Lessig acknowledges that many would-be supporters have succumbed to the "politics of resignation," as the Supreme Court systematically dismantles existing campaign finance laws, opening the floodgates to an ever-increasing torrent of "dark money" cascading into our political system. But he's adamant that Mayday PAC can instill a new hope into the reform movement.Mayday PAC explicitly says it wants to select five races that are tight enough so that it can claim that its campaign finance reform agenda made an impact.
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