The national campaign to Abolish Corporate Personhood and Defend Democracy.
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Last night Boulder became the second city in the nation to pass a ballot measure calling for an amendment to the US Constitution that would state that corporations are not people and the legal status of money as free speech! At midnight, with 93% of the ballots counted, the measure was handily winning with 74% of voters in support.
Boulder’s campaign is the latest grassroots effort by Move to Amend, a national coalition working to abolish corporate personhood.
“From Occupy Wall Street to Boulder, Colorado and every town in between, Americans are fed up with corporate dominance of our political system,” said Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, a national spokesperson for Move to Amend. “Local resolution campaigns are an opportunity for citizens to speak up and let it be known that we won’t accept the corporate takeover of our government lying down. We urge communities across the country to join the Move to Amend campaign and raise your voices.”
Earlier this year voters in Madison and Dane County, Wisconsin overwhelmingly approved similar measures calling for an end to corporate personhood and the legal status of money as speech by 84% and 78% respectively. Next week voters in Missoula, Montana will have an opportunity to vote on a similar initiative in their community.
Move to Amend volunteers in dozens of communities across the country are working to place similar measures on local ballots next year.
“Working on this campaign was electrifying,” said Scott Silber, a local Move to Amend organizer in Boulder. “We had such an outpouring of enthusiasm from our community. Folks were so thrilled to finally have an opportunity to have their voices heard and resoundingly call for an end to corporate corruption of our democracy. From here we’re taking the campaign to Denver, and then on to Washington, DC.”
Move to Amend’s strategy is to pass community resolutions across the nation through city councils and through direct vote by ballot initiative. “Our plan is build a movement that will drive this issue into Congress from the grassroots. The American people are behind us on this and our federal representatives will see that we mean business. Our very democracy is at stake,” stated Sopoci-Belknap.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
- Help Move to Amend get on the Daily Show with John Stewart and the Colbert Report!
With both John Stewart and Stephen Colbert talking about Corporate Personhood a lot these days, we think that a Move to Amend spokesperson would be perfect for these shows! Help us make the case by writing to the Daily Show and the Colbert Report and urging them to contact us. Include the link to our press release about Boulder! - Email the Daily Show [thedailyshow@comedycentral.com] – Let John Stewart know you want to see him interview MTA!
- Email The Colbert Report [colbertweb@gmail.com] – Let Stephen Colbert know you want to see him interview MTA!
- Pass a resolution in your town! Click here to get started. We’ll be offering a special webinar soon with organizers from Boulder so they can tell you what they did to get it done – stay tuned!
FOR PRESS INQUIRIES ABOUT THE BOULDER CAMPAIGN
Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, National Field Director, (707) 362-0626, Move to Amend, kaitlin@movetoamend.org
Scott Silber, Boulder Move to Amend, (510) 485-6586, scott.silber@fouryearsgo.org
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