Humbolt County, CA repeals legal status of corporations as "persons" [View All]

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http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2006_06_08.shtml

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Voters in Humboldt County, California, passed Measure T, an innovative ballot initiative repealing the legal status of corporations as 'persons', limiting corporate influence on politics, on Tuesday, July 6.

Green Party activists led the effort to pass Measure T; the party and its candidates already refuse contributions from corporations.

"This is more than an issue of campaign finance reform -- it's a major step in the movement to bring real democracy to our political system," said Forrest Hill, Green candidate for California Secretary of State <http://www.voteforrest.org>. "Measure T is a model for other towns, cities, counties, and states to restore the original purpose of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which was to ensure equal protection under the law to human beings, not to corporations, which are artificial legal creations."

For more on Measure T, visit
http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2006_06_01.shtm> (Green Party release, June 1)
http://www.votelocalcontrol.org (Humboldt Coalition for Community Rights: Yes on Measure T)
and
http://www.duhc.org (Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County)