Shout out to Illinois.14th state to call for a constitutional amendment to rid elections of corp. $

[midnight]

Today, Illinois became the 14th state to call for a constitutional amendment to rid elections of corporate money and unlimited spending. This bipartisan action by the Illinois General Assembly demonstrates continuing national momentum to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling.

Illinois is the third state in the past month and a half to call for an amendment; West Virginia and Maine passed similar resolutions last month.

The effort in Illinois was bipartisan, underscoring what poll data have shown: People of all political stripes are deeply concerned about corporations having too much influence over our democratic process. A measure calling for a constitutional amendment was on ballots across Illinois in November and was supported by three-quarters of voters.

Illinois ranks fifth among U.S. states in population and has been called the state that most closely mirrors the demographics of the country.

http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/pressroomredirect.cfm?ID=3902

Let it become contagious and infect Wisconsin with the same critical movement....

[Laelth]

1. Good for Illinois! k&r n/t

-Laelth

[freshwest]

2. 14 states, people are getting involved. Good work, Illinois.

[meow2u3]

3. 14 down, 24 to go

for us to overturn Citizens United.