Ghost of Aaron Swartz User ID: 48032179 United States 07/06/2014 10:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Best News in years. MayDay $5m+ Crowdfunded SuperPac by @Lessig for Campaign Funding Reform. Lessig’s Mayday Hits $5M Fundraising Goal To Elect Pro-Campaign Finance Reform Politicians [snip] Lawrence Lessig’s Mayday.us just raised a lot of money…to help get the money out of politics by campaigning to elect five politicians who will enact campaign finance reform. This morning the Super PAC hit its $5 million grassroots fundraising goal thanks to 47,000 supporters, which will be matched by $5 million in donations from wealthy tech luminaries. Combined with the $1 million it crowdfunded earlier this year that was matched by Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, TED’s Chris Anderson, and Union Square Ventures’ Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham brings Mayday to it full $12 million funding goal before this year’s mid-term elections. Harvard Law Professor Lessig’s ability to raise large sums from both wealthy tech luminaries and the general public shows broad support for making elected officials less beholden to big money campaign donors. People can still donate here. They hit the goal on Independence Day. RELATED: Watch the Aaron Swartz documentary, and get pissed. [ link to www.takepart.com] [someone please pin?] |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 48032179 United States 07/06/2014 10:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Best News in years. MayDay $5m+ Crowdfunded SuperPac by @Lessig for Campaign Funding Reform. Original article from: [ link to techcrunch.com] |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 48032179 United States 07/06/2014 10:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Best News in years. MayDay $5m+ Crowdfunded SuperPac by @Lessig for Campaign Funding Reform. [ link to mayday.us] is the SuperPac link. I love the idea of using the system to beat the system. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 48758895 United States 07/07/2014 04:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Best News in years. MayDay $5m+ Crowdfunded SuperPac by @Lessig for Campaign Funding Reform. How is no one talking about this on this forum?? This is huge news. |