MONEY IN POLITICS VIDEO CONTEST

Have fun: https://mayday.us/campaigns/maydayin30/

7 hours left to vote.

Scroll down to vote for your favorite video!

Video submissions ended at 5pm ET on Thursday, October 16, 2014. The 24-hour voting period began on Thurdsday at 5pm ET, and ends on Friday at 5pm ET, October 17, 2014.

How the contest works
Inspired by MoveOn's "Bush in 30 seconds" video ad contest from a decade ago, we're asking citizens to create 30-second video ads that could be aired on national TV. Our all-star panel of judges – George Takei, Jason Alexander, Shepard Fairey, Zephyr Teachout, Marianne Williamson, Baratunde Thurston, Anna Galland and Cenk Uygur – will review the top entries and select the winners.

We are excited to work on this contest in partnership with our friends at MoveOn.org, and with support from partners such as PCCC and Rootstrikers.

Judging Details
Videos will be evaluated by our Contest Committee using the following criteria:

Does the video effectively communicate the MAYDAY message?
Does the video make compelling the importance of money in politics?
How creative is the video in delivering the concept/message?
Does the video have the “x” factor that a true political ad would need to move the needle on the issue of money in politics?
For videos in Category #2, candidate specific ads, does the video effectively support one of MAYDAY’s pro-reform candidates?
We have entrusted our esteemed panel of “Supreme Court” judges to evaluate these videos against these criteria to select the winning entry in each category. Best of luck to all of our entrants!

The Fine Print

We reserve the right to take down any content deemed by us to be off topic or inappropriate.
Selection process: Winners will be selected in each category by earning the highest number of votes. Top ten vote-getting videos in each category will be reviewed by a Contest Committee, composed of celebrity judges (George Takei, Jason Alexander, Shepard Fairey, Zephyr Teachout, Marianne Williamson, Baratunde Thurston, Anna Galland and Cenk Uygur) and Mayday staff. The Committee will select a winning video in each category. Within our discretion, the winning videos may be aired in district races.
All videos must be licensed freely (CC-BY).