We’re Not Stopping Until We Win

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Thursday December 31, 2015 · 9:26 AM PST

2015/12/31 · 09:26

Looking back at 2015, this last year may be remembered as the turning point in the fight to get big money out of politics and restore our democracy.

Hands down, we’re winning. In 2012, only one presidential candidate mentioned a Constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United. It was Barack Obama for an online Q&A.

In 2016, every single Democratic candidate expressed support for an amendment. One Republican candidate—Sen. Lindsay Graham—has expressed support. And every other GOP candidate has highlighted the problem of money in politics. We’re almost half-way to the support we need to win a Constitutional amendment. Over 180 members of Congress support an amendment strategy; 16 states have already called on their elected representatives to pass an amendment to overturn Citizens United. In 2016, we anticipate two more states to join the ranks.

The people-powered grassroots campaign Stamp Stampede is literally stamping money in order to stamp out the corruptive influence of money in our political system. Already over 60,000 members are rubber-stamping hundreds of thousands of bills with anti-corruption messages that will be seen by millions of people. The Stampede doubled in size every year for three years. And we’re just getting started.

Over the next five years, as momentum continues to amplify, one million citizens will unite in massive and sustained protest until we pass a Constitutional amendment overturning Citizens United and restore a government of, by, and for the people.

We’re not stopping till we win. Nearly every single generation has passed a Constitutional amendment to strengthen our democracy. This is our generation’s fight to win.

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