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MONEY IN POLITICS TOPS LIST OF VOTER CONCERNS
Numerous polls show that government corruption is the top issue on the minds of voters.[1] Over 90% of Americans think special interest money has too much influence in American political campaigns.[2] It’s no surprise that Americans' job approval rating for Congress hovers near single digits.
The non-partisan citizen-action group, Wisconsin United To Amend, contacted all 200+ state Assembly and Senate candidates numerous times, via email, Facebook and phone calls, to determine their level of support for a U.S. Constitutional amendment declaring that free spending is not free speech and only actual human beings have ...
NINE MORE COMMUNITIES VOTE TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION
On Tuesday, April 3rd, Wisconsin residents in nine communities voted to amend the U.S. Constitution to clarify that only human beings should have inalienable human rights and money is not the same thing as free speech.
All referenda passed with overwhelming majorities: Green County (78%), St. Croix County (77%), the cities of La Crosse (88%), Marshfield (81%), Sun Prairie (83%), Rice Lake (81%), the villages of McFarland (79%) and Wittenberg (83%), and the town of Sand Creek (77%) in Dunn County.
That brings the total to 129 Wisconsin communities that have called for an amendment. In total, about three million people (52% of Wisconsinites) live ...