Saturday, April 25, 2015

Can MAYDAY do this?

In its plan to elect a reform minded Congress by 2016, MAYDAY.US will, on May 1st, launch a "platform to support the biggest citizen lobbying campaign we possibly can."

The only component of the platform that has been made public thus far is a Congressional calling campaign in order to put members of Congress on "notice" and get on the "right side" of reform. A discussion of this is taking place on the MAYDAY Reddit at http://www.reddit.com/r/MaydayPAC/comments/32pf6i/seeking_citizen_input_on_maydays_goals_in_2015/.

I am pushing for the actions described at You be a Congressional candidate and Start your district's CFR campaign this weekend.

Can MAYDAY include the foregoing in the platform it announces on May 1st?

Is it too ambitious? Is it premature? Would it be unproductive or counterproductive? Are there limitations under the "coordination" rules that make it unworkable? (See Fresh Questions About "Coordination" Rules.) Would other CFR organizations be willing to help by urging their supporters to do volunteer Internet activity in their Congressional districts? Would other CFR organizations consider themselves limited in doing such urging by reason of the "coordination" rules?


Update 4/28:





Should CFR organizations cross-cultivate their supporters? See http://www.reddit.com/r/MaydayPAC/comments/32pf6i/seeking_citizen_input_on_maydays_goals_in_2015/cqq0z9a


Update 4/29:
I believe @RepresentDotUs and @StampStampede are reacting in a positive way to my importuning of them.

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