League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	Mendocino County, CA November 6, 2012 Election
	Measure F Advisory Measure to End Corporate Rule and Defend Democracy Mendocino County Advisory - Advisory Vote Only Pass: 12453 / 73.30% Yes votes ...... 4535 / 26.70% No votes See Also: Index of all Measures

Arguments For Measure F

Arguments Against Measure F

Are Corporations Persons? Is Money Speech? The Supreme Court thinks so. Do you? For over a century Supreme Court judges have used the doctrine of "corporate personhood" (the concept that corporations are "persons" with Constitutional rights) to overturn laws protecting consumers, workers and our environment. In 2010, the infamous Citizens United case decided again that corporations must be given the same rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution as human persons. The 5-4 decision specified that donating unlimited money on campaigns should be considered free speech. Now it is "unconstitutional" to limit "indirect" campaign contributions of corporate or natural "persons." Today, giant corporations make fundamental decisions affecting our daily lives: who gets elected, what laws are passed, our transportation choices, our healthcare options and what is in our food, water and air. Corporations are not just influencing our government; they control it. And us. We are not against corporations as businesses. But they should not be allowed to run our government and damage our health, communities and environment. Democracy means the people govern, not huge international business entities. There is something we can do. All over the U.S., citizens have come together in a Move to Amend coalition to pass resolutions calling for a Constitutional Amendment to end "corporate personhood" and restore political power to We the People. This Constitutional Amendment will make it clear to current and future Supreme Courts that our precious constitutional rights are intended only for natural human persons and that money is not speech and can be regulated by law. Now it is our turn. As citizens of Mendocino County we can make our voices heard on this important issue. By voting Yes, we instruct our state and federal representatives to pass an Amendment to the Constitution abolishing "corporate personhood." Defend Democracy. Yes on Measure F. s/Margaret Koster Margaret Koster Co-Chair Move to Amend Coalition of Mendocino County s/Judith E. Popowski Judith E. Popowski Move to Amend Coalition of Mendocino County s/Edward M. Oberweiser Edward M. Oberweiser Move to Amend Coalition of Mendocino County s/Tom Wodetzki Tom Wodetzki Co-Chair Move to Amend Coalition of Mendocino County 23F1

No arguments against the measure were submitted.