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Montana voters take on Citizens United with a ballot initiative to strip corporations and nonprofits of their political spending power
Sixteen years ago, the Supreme Court decided in the Citizens United case that corporations have a First Amendment right to spend money to influence elections.
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Sixteen years ago, the Supreme Court decided in the Citizens United case that corporations have a First Amendment right to spend money to influence elections. On Tuesday, Montana voters will decide whether their state can take that power away. Initiative 194, also known as the Montana Plan , would strip corporations, trade associations, nonprofits, and other organizations of the legal power to spend money supporting or opposing a political candidate or ballot initiative in Montana.
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