VIDEO: The Ongoing Campaign to End Foreign-Influenced Corporate Spending in U.S. Elections. Posted on May 23, 2022 (May 23, 2022) Challenging Foreign Influence The campaign to end foreign-influenced corporate spending in our elections continues to grow across the country! Our new video highlights the ongoing fight to advance our model legislation to prohibit foreign-influenced corporate spending in federal, state and local elections. The video features Congressman Jamie Raskin and leaders in New York State, Seattle, and California whoRead More
FSFP Senior Counsel Courtney Hostetler and Michele Sutter Co-Author New Oped on Bill Seeking to Ban Multinational Corporations From Spending Money in California Elections. Posted on March 18, 2022 Challenging Foreign Influence Cal Matters recently published a new op-ed by FSFP Senior Counsel Courtney Hostetler and Money Out Voters In Co-Founder Michele Sutter on a new bill that seeks to ban multinational corporations from spending money in California elections. The following is an excerpt from the new piece: The Citizens United ruling created a loophole to foreignRead More
LA Times: The Story of CA’s Prop 59 Ballot to Overturn Citizens United Posted on September 21, 2016 (September 21, 2016) Today, The Los Angeles Times, tells the story of how California’s Proposition 59, The Overturn Citizens United measure, came to be and how it landed on this November’s ballot. Read More
Truth Out: The Overturn Citizens United Act, One Step Closer Posted on May 20, 2016 (November 29, 2018) Michele Sutter, co-founder of Money Out Voters In, penned an op-ed posted to Truthout on the importance of the California State Assembly voting in support of The New Overturn Citizens United Act. Read More
Breaking: The Overturn Citizens United Act is One Step Closer to November Ballot in CA Posted on May 12, 2016 (October 2, 2018) The California Assembly voted today to pass SB 254, The Overturn Citizens United Act in a 48 to 26 vote. Read More
UPDATE: The Overturn Citizens United Act is back in the California State Legislature Posted on March 9, 2016 (March 16, 2016) The Overturn Citizens United Act SB-254 (previously SB 1272) was reintroduced by California legislators. Read More
iPhones, the Constitution, and Beer Posted on February 18, 2016 (October 2, 2018) The tech world is abuzz because Apple has announced it will fight a court order requiring it to develop a custom version of its iOS operating system so the FBI can hack into an iPhone that belonged to one of the San Bernardino terrorists.Read More
Derek Cressman: Why Victory in the Fight Against Big Money Is Closer Than You Think Posted on January 22, 2016 (January 22, 2016) In his newly released book, When Money Talks, Cressman explains how our current political system is broken and what can be done to fix it. Read the Q/A from the author.Read More
BREAKING: CA Legislature Petitions CA Supreme Court For Rehearing In Prop 49 Case On Ballot Measure To Overturn Citizens United Posted on January 20, 2016 (January 20, 2016) On January 19, 2016 , the California Legislature petitioned the California Supreme Court, asking that they modify their January 4 ruling in the case of Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association v. Padilla, by restoring Proposition 49, The Overturn Citizens United Act, back to the ballot.Read More
Press Coverage on California’s Prop 49 Ruling Posted on January 5, 2016 (November 29, 2018) Looking for additional coverage on Monday’s California Supreme Court ruling on Proposition 49? Read More