New CA Anti-Citizens United Ballot Measure Slightly Differernt

As we await word from Gov. Brown as to whether he will sign to put this on the ballot, there’s a slight difference in language this time around:

Now the question to the voters reads, “Shall California’s elected officials use all of their constitutional authority, including, but not limited to, proposing and ratifying one or more amendments to the United States Constitution, to overturn Citizens United . . . .”

 

The 2014 version would have posed this more limited question to the voters: “Shall the Congress of the United States propose, and the California Legislature ratify, an amendment or amendments to the United States Constitution to overturn Citizens United . . . .”

So this includes calling for a constitutional convention, although the CA legislature already did that a few years ago.

Thanks to David Ettinger for the close reading!

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