What should Doug Hughes do in FL23?

Gyrocopter pilot Doug Hughes has filed to run for Congress against Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Florida's 23rd Congressional district. See Gyrocopter pilot Doug Hughes to run against Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

It is fair to assume Doug Hughes, in his campaign, will make a pledge to fight for pro-democracy reform.

This would be in line with what Democracy Spring is doing as part of its mass nonviolent action planned for next April. In the action, Democracy Spring "will call on every member of Congress and candidate for office in America to join citizen equality champions in taking an Equal Voice for All Pledge that commits them to fight for pro-democracy reform."

It needs to be pointed out that Debbie Wasserman Shultz is one of 178 members of Congress whom MAYDAY.US has designated as "leaders supporting fundamental reform".

In these circumstances, how should Doug Hughes and his supporters promote his candidacy against Debbie Wasserman Schultz on the issue of pro-democracy reform?

This would seem to a matter of how strenuously and credibly Doug Hughes and Debbie Wasserman Shultz choose to press the reform issue, and that will be determined in part by the priority given to the issue by the candidates.

It will be up to Doug Hughes to decide what his campaign strategy and goals are, including the priority he will give to the reform issue, even possibly making reform his only issue.

Lawrence Lessig and MAYDAY.US have been confronted for more than a year with the question of how Presidential and Congressional candidacies can be most efficacious to contribute to advancing the cause of pro-democracy reform. Professor Lessig attempted a single issue referendum Presidential candidacy and was encouraging single issue referendum Congressional candidacies of others to be conducted in tandem with his Presidential candidacy.

Professor Lessig's Presidential candidacy foundered, and he has not revealed much about his current thinking. It is unclear what advice Professor Lessig and MAYDAY.US  would give Doug Hughes about how his candidacy could best contribute to advancing the cause of pro-democracy reform.

I have proposed the concept of Congressional candidates making a public declaration in which candidates declare their belief that the American people should use the 2016 elections to force Congress to address the corruption issue and pass a reform before November 8, 2016 that voters can take into account in casting their votes on their Congressional candidates. See 2016 Congressional candidate Declarations.

For the reasons set out at Rationale, I think the declaration idea is worthy of utilization by candidates and by campaign finance reform activists. If you are persuaded by the declaration, you should next read the Tactics which I advocate, and further read Breaking out of like minded social media circles.

Next, decide whether you would like to join me in tweeting into the Florida 23rd Congressional district to help Doug Hughes.