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---
layout: default
title: MayOne.us - Kickstart corruption reform, save our democracy
omit_title_suffix: true
slide_photos:
- /wp-content/uploads/2014/04/05-midwest.jpg
- /wp-content/uploads/2014/04/02-decay1.jpg
- /wp-content/uploads/2014/04/06-cement.jpg
- /wp-content/uploads/2014/04/08-pollution.jpg
- /wp-content/uploads/2014/04/12-bridge.jpg
---
{% capture slogan %}
Help
<span style="color:#FF2222; text-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6); }">U</span>.<span style="color:#2222FF; text-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6); }">S</span>.
kickstart fundamental reform,<br>
by reducing the influence of money in politics.
{% endcapture %}
{% assign show_ribbon = true %}
{% capture ribbon %}
Thank You! Stage 2 Launches in June<span class="hide-mobile"> - Keep the Momentum Going</span>!
{% endcapture %}
{% capture pre_video %}
"…a citizens' funded and crowdsourced superPAC
<span style="font-family:'Helvetica', 'Arial', 'sans';">—</span>
to end all superPACs"
{% endcapture %}
{% capture the_idea_text %}
Government has failed us. More than 90% of Americans link that failure
to the influence of money in politics.
Yet the politicians do not talk about this influence. While America founders[*](#meaning_of_founders),
they spend endless time with their funders.
These funders hold our democracy hostage. **We want to pay the ransom,
and get it back.**
***We're going to kickstart a SuperPAC big enough to make it possible
to win a Congress committed to fundamental reform by 2016.***
Or at least we're going to try.
{% endcapture %}
{% capture to_kickstart_text %}
This Citizens' SuperPAC will be funded through a series of contingent pledges:
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We will set funding goals.
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**We will only collect if we hit our goals.**
The idea is simple: Unless there’s enough to make a difference, you don’t pay.
{% endcapture %}
{% capture y2014_text %}
In 2014, we want to make fundamental reform the issue in **5 congressional
races**.
From that, we'll have a better sense of what victory in 2016 will take. And
we'll put Congress on notice that in 2016, we'll be back.
So for 2014, we have two fundraising targets:
{: style="padding-left:25px;"}
***The first is $1 million by the end of May. If we meet that goal, that $1
million will be matched, and we'll move to the second target.***
{: style="padding-left:25px;"}
***That second target is $5 million by the end of June. If we meet that goal,
that $5 million will also be matched, and our fundraising for 2014 will end.***
We will then have the funds we need to hire the best campaign shops we can to
use 100% of these kickstarted funds to win in these 5 districts.
{% endcapture %}
{% capture y2016_text %}
Over the past year, we have been calculating what it would cost to win a
Congress committed to fundamental reform by 2016. We have a good sense of the
range, and of which seats would need to change.
Our experience in 2014 will give us a better sense. And based on what we learn,
we will decide whether this moonshot is feasible.
If it is, in January 2015, *then we will launch the second round of the Mayday
PAC*, crowdfunding small-dollar contributions to fund a superPAC big enough to
win a majority in Congress in 2016 committed to [fundamental
reform](http://reform.to/#/about).
Based on what we know now, we believe this
[moonshot](http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/04/campaign-finance-and-the-nihilist-politics-of-resignation/360437/)
is possible. Based on what we achieve in 2014, others will believe it as well.
{% endcapture %}
{% capture mayday_text %}
Will you answer the call?
Please pledge if you can.
Please share this site with everyone you can.
And please know this:
**We still have the power to fix our democracy.**
We will, if you help.
{% endcapture %}
{% capture footnote_text %}
Yes, we mean "founders!" Check out [definition 2](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/founder)
{% endcapture %}
{% include main_page_structure.html %}