WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Mayday PAC (MAYDAY.US) CEO and Board Chair Zephyr Teachout commented on Secretary Hillary Clinton’s calling for the public funding of elections.

“Wow. Today, something huge - and surprising - happened. For over 30 years of her political life, Secretary Clinton rarely talked about public financing of elections. But today, she flipped from decades of being non-committal and came out supporting fundamental reform. We are appreciative – and applaud – her support. Why did she flip? Because of millions of angry Americans who wouldn’t take anything less, because of Sanders, Lessig, and O'Malley repeating the public financing drumbeat, and because she saw the writing on the wall if she didn’t demand REAL structural change. Now, those who believe in fundamental reform need to push candidates across the country to realize they have to support public financing because it’s a political issue with a huge, angry grassroots movement power behind it. Words are the first step, and we will now work to keep those words alive on the campaign trail and hold feet to the fire.”

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Mayday PAC is a crowd-funded, independent political action committee (“super PAC”) committed to fundamentally changing the way that elections are funded. It was co-founded by Lawrence Lessig and Republican strategist Mark McKinnon, a former advisor to President George W. Bush.

In 2015, Mayday PAC is working to persuade Members of Congress to support fundamental reform. The ultimate goal of these activities is to elect and re-elect Members of Congress who take leadership in advancing campaign finance reform.

For more information about MAYDAY, visit www.mayday.us.