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Thu Jul 25, 2013, 09:03 AM Jul 2013

Wisconsin Citizens United Resolution Calls For 2014 Referendum Question Vote

According to a Wednesday Wisconsin Democracy Campaign press release, legislation has been introduced to get a referendum question on the state's 2014 ballot.

The Assembly Joint Resolution reads:

“The U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions in Citizens United and related cases allow unlimited spending to influence local, state, and federal elections. To allow all Americans to have an equal say in our democracy, shall Wisconsin’s congressional delegation support, and the Wisconsin legislature ratify, an amendment to the U.S. Constitution stating:
1. Only human beings—not corporations, unions, nonprofit organizations, or similar associations—are endowed with constitutional rights, and

2. Money is not speech, and therefore limiting political contributions and spending is not equivalent to restricting political speech?”


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/wisconsin-citizens-united_n_3647583.html

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