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Life & fun · September 30, 2015

Larry Lessig

Fixing democracy can’t wait.

Larry Lessig launched on September 30, 2015 with 4 votes. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.

What it does

We were on our way to qualifying for the second debate — then the Democrats changed the rules. Watch Lessig describe what this means for the campaign.

The campaign to be the Democratic nominee is over, but our work is not finished. Again and again, what America wants, Congress doesn’t do — because the citizens who fund elections are represented, and the rest of us are not. Every issue — from climate change to gun safety, from Wall Street reform to defense spending — is blocked by this fundamental problem: Congress does not represent the people. The Citizen Equality Act of 2017 is a package of reforms that would allow Congress to listen to voters instead of a few funders. It changes the way we fund campaigns, ends gerrymandering, and protects the right of all citizens to vote. These reforms will give us — finally — what we were promised: a…from lessig2016.us

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