A crowdfunded super PAC designed to end all super PACs has achieved its funding goal. The Mayday PAC raised $5 million from over 50,000 small contributions over the past couple of months. Added to the $5 million matching contribution its expecting and the $2 million it pulled in this past May, the political action committee should have the $12 million founder Lawrence Lessig said itd need to wield influence in five key House races this year. Lessig, a Harvard professor outspoken against the state of campaign finance in the US, said in a blog post that this may be this movement’s most incredible moment so far. He added, We’ve got lots of ideas about how to make this work.
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