This chapter highlights the successful efforts to gather signatures for a ballot initiative in Maine aimed at countering super PACs. It emphasizes strategic planning, local community engagement, and the importance of promoting democratic responsiveness in the political landscape.
On this episode, Lessig chronicles the next chapter in the story of the Maine initiative. We had an idea — based on FreeSpeechForPeople’s brilliant argument — for an initiative. And Mainers were excited about the idea. A poll showed overwhelming support for the initiative. We just needed to raise the funds to get the signatures gathered. That proved to be an enormous challenge — unsurprisingly, as our theory of victory included convincing the Supreme Court we were right. This episode tells the story of how we got the signatures gathered.