Eighty-one-year-old activist Rhana Bazzini’s more than 400-mile walk from Sarasota culminated Wednesday with a rally that drew more than 50 protesters to the Capitol.
Bazzini wants to put campaign finance reform in the U.S. Constitution. She doesn’t mind that the political journey will be mostly uphill. “Of course it’s going to be hard, it probably won’t happen in my lifetime," she said.
Bazzini contends it's necessary to preserve democracy by getting big money out of politics. More specifically, an amendment would reverse two controversial U.S. Supreme Court rulings. They include Citizens United, which opened the floodgates for campaign spending. Bazzini’s walk was inspired by former campaign finance reformer Doris “Granny D” Haddock who walked 3,200 miles across the country in 2000 at the age of 90.
