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Thursday, October 29
5:30-7:30 PM

The Home of Jean and John Gulliver
23 Thornhurst Rd, Falmouth

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CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM

TO: Event Hosts & Attendees
FROM: Kyle Bailey and Cara McCormick, Maine Citizens to End Super PACs; Larry Lessig, Equal Citizens
SUBJECT: Winning Question 1 – Limiting Contributions to PACs
DATE: October 15, 2024

Every year out-of-state billionaires contribute millions to Super PACs for the purpose of buying elections and influence over Maine’s elected leaders. Unlimited and unregulated Super PAC money drowns out the voices of the people, makes politics more negative, erodes faith in democracy, and gives wealthy special interests too much influence  over the policy decisions that affect us all.

  • In Maine’s 2020 U.S. Senate election a handful of out-of-state billionaires and millionaires contributed to several Super PACs that spent a combined $100 million–mostly on attack ads against either Collins or Gideon.

  • A record-breaking $28 million was spent in Maine’s 2022 election for Governor–with spending driven by Super PACs on attack ads against either Mills and LePage.

  • The election in Maine’s second district, one of the few remaining swing districts in the country, has become a hotbed for Super PAC spending. $23 million was spent in 2022 and Super PACs are likely to break that record in 2024.

We need a system that works–where your vote is always counted, your voice is already heard, and our democracy isn't for sale. By placing a limit of $5,000 on contributions to political action committees (PACs), Yes On 1 ends the corrosive influence of big and dark Super PAC money in our elections and returns power to the Maine people.

Question 1 has put Maine at the epicenter of our nation’s urgent fight to overturn the disastrous and unappealed lower court finding in SpeechNow.org vs. FEC that opened the door for Super PACs. Some of America’s leading legal scholars–like Laurence Tribe, Lawrence Lessig, and Neal Katyal–believe that Question 1 is the only constitutionally viable and immediate solution to lessen the flow of big and dark money into elections. Additionally, Question 1 is the only 2024 statewide referendum in the U.S. to address campaign finance reform.

Mainers are already casting ballots. Election Day is rapidly approaching. Thank you for considering our urgent request for support.

Question 1 is the second most important election on the ballot this November. Mainers are already casting ballots. Election Day is rapidly approaching. Please consider digging deep and making a gift that is meaningful for you to help us fully fund our digital advertising and mail budgets in order to reach as many voters as possible with our hopeful message of curing this plague on our politics.

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