Voters Can Now Weigh In On Citizens United

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On Monday, the Supreme Court decided to allow California lawmakers to ask voters what their opinions are when it come to Citizens United. Campaign-spending laws are currently only decided by lawmakers. The public had no voice.

Proposition 49 would ask voters f they think Congress should propose an amendment overturning Citizens United.

“Are we a democracy of, by, and for the people, or are we to be ruled by an elite, moneyed class, where the power of government rests in the hands of a few wealthy special interests?” Karen Hobert Flynn, Common Cause senior vice president asked.

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