MOVE TO AMEND

In January, 2010, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Citizens United vs FEC (Federal Election Commission). This devastating ruling says that money is free speech and allows the incredibly rich to flood our elections with unlimited “big money” and “dark money” through the use of Super PACs (Political Action Committee). No longer are there any restrictions on how much money is put into our elections or which representative can be elected with millions of dollars. With Super PACs no one knows where the money is coming from, or going to. It is untraceable. These funds could be drug money, foreign money, or from some other extreme group or ...

Twelve Wisconsin Communities Vote to Amend the U.S. Constitution

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: George Penn, 608-244-6436 / geo_penn@charter.net Twelve Wisconsin Communities Vote to Amend the U.S. Constitution Madison, WI (November 5, 2014) – On Tuesday, November 4th, twelve communities voted in favor of amending the U.S. Constitution to make clear that money is not speech and that only real people should have inalienable Constitutional rights. This would reverse the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, which opened the floodgates to big money in elections. Eleven referenda passed with solid majorities: Milwaukee County (70%), Dunn County (72%), Green Bay (77%), Appleton (74%), Fond du Lac ...

The Senate Just Voted to Keep Big Money in Politics. Three Reasons to Celebrate Anyway

The fact that the issue reached the Senate floor is a huge victory for the American people, who overwhelmingly say they want something done about corporate influence in elections. It was no surprise that the Senate’s proposed “Democracy for All” amendment to the constitution did not pass Thursday. It takes 67 votes to pass an amendment in the Senate. So Thursday’s vote of 54 in favor and 42 against spelled defeat. Senators who voted against the amendment will need to explain their actions to their constituents. But the vote represents a giant leap on the road to overturning the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which opened ...

Move To Amend Approved By Wausau City Council

The Wausau City Council put the Move to Amend Petition on their agenda for the meeting on August 13, 2014. Many supporters came to witness the outcome. Milt Pachal spoke to the Council saying that they had over 600 more signatures than necessary and other communities in the area had asked them when they could also sign a petition. Clearly there was united support as Council members spoke in favor of the initiative and thanked the Pachals and citizens for all their hard work. After discussing whether they should proceed with a resolution or a referendum they decided that citizens would be best served if this went on the November ballot in the ...

Move To Amend Petition on November 4th Wausau Ballot

Something amazing has been happening in the city of Wausau. For the past two months 55 volunteers have been at your Wednesday night concerts, farmers’ markets and doors getting signatures on a petition. On August 13th the city council voted unanimously to put this petition on the November 4th ballot as a referendum. The petition reads: “Shall the City of Wausau adopt the following resolution? Whereas, the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and related case law allows unlimited political campaign spending to influence local, state, and federal elections; RESOLVED, the City of Wausau, Wiscons...