Calling all democracy defenders in California, New York, Massachusetts, Hawaii, and Washington State.
Those are the five states where this model legislation to get foreign money out of our elections is pending.
In California, we’ve got until the end of January to make sure the California Assembly does the right thing and votes to protect Californians from foreign influence by passing AB 83, The Get Foreign Money Out of California Elections Act.
AB 83 is transformational democracy strengthening legislation. It’s estimated that 98% of the S&P 500 US corporations will qualify as “foreign-influenced” if the bill is enacted and therefore be prohibited from making political contributions in California.
As George Washington said in his Farewell Address to the nation, “the insidious wiles of foreign influence… prove [to be] one of the most baneful foes of [a] republican government… and “the most baleful of woes.”
But that didn’t stop a corrupted SCOTUS, in their zeal to obliterate US campaign finance laws, from recklessly opening the floodgates of foreign money in our elections, through foreign investments in US corporations.
YOU ARE INVITED: Informational Zoom Call Tomorrow January 10 @ 1pm PST
Tomorrow at 1pm PT/4pm ET,, MOVI will be hosting a 15 minute Informational Zoom. Discover how this bill will transform the elections and ballot measure process and strengthen the power of the Voters.
Here’s the Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88454555605?pwd=pXatb8aa97rUY96aBELwiV1JIZ3g29.1#success
Here are 2 previous Daily Kos diaries about AB 83
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/1/4/2215003/--CloseTheLoophole-Help-California-fix-the-foreign-money-mess-Citizens-United-made
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/11/14/2205133/-Money-Out-Voters-In-California-can-close-the-Citizens-United-Foreign-Money-Loophole-with-AB-83
Michele Sutter is President and Co-Founder of MOVI, Money Out Voters In, the California sponsors of AB 83 - The Get Foreign Money Out of California Elections Act, now on the floor of the California Assembly.