More than a dozen Wisconsin communities will vote on referenda on Tuesday urging the reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United decision.
The 2010 ruling made it easier for corporations and unions to spend money on political campaigns. The referenda up for votes tomorrow will ask voters to endorse the idea that money is not speech, and that corporations don’t have the same constitutional rights as people.
Lisa Subeck is the executive director of the group United Wisconsin, which helped organize the referenda.
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“This is part of a bigger, broader movement,” said Subeck. “Every municipality, every county, every state that speaks out against this gets us one step closer to a constitutional amendment to overturning Citizens United.”
More than 40 Wisconsin communities have already passed similar measures. The referenda are only advisory, meaning they’re completely nonbinding.
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