From California to Maine and from Alaska to Florida, activists all over the country marked the two-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that unleashed unlimited corporate money into our elections.
Reports are still coming in, but we’ve already heard about 300 demonstrations against the ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.
California kicked off its statewide campaign for a constitutional amendment, beginning with the introduction AJR 22, a bill that would put the California State Legislature on record as calling for an amendment to overturn Citizens United.
Tell the California State Legislature to pass AJR 22.
Now that corporations can directly spend as much money as they want to sway elections, their power over the legislators we elect to represent us has greatly increased. But We the People are fighting back.
California can make history by being among the first states to call for a constitutional amendment.
Sign the petition urging your California lawmakers to pass AJR 22.
Stay tuned for more ways to take action, including ways to build the grassroots momentum against Citizens United by passing local resolutions and ballot referendums, and keep an eye out for our recap of this past weekend’s nationwide day of action.
Thanks for all you do,
Rick Claypool
Public Citizen’s Online Action Team
action@citizen.org
P.S. Learn more about our growing movement to restore democracy to the people in this recent piece from the Washington Post.
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