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Videos on the effort to end corporate election spending by limiting corporate powers: what it is, why it is needed, and where it stands.
Tom Moore, the author of the plan to remove election spending from corporate powers, explains this bold new strategy for how states can use their longstanding authority over corporations to take corporate and dark money out of politics.
The "Montana Plan", as the approach is known in Montana, explained by the Transparent Election Initiative, the organization that introduced it in Montana.
Tom Moore and CA State Assembly Member Chris Rogers discuss taking election spending out of corporate powers in California and answer questions.
2:40: explainer by Tom Moore, author of the Corporate Power Reset Plan/Montana Plan
11:40: explainer by Assemblymember Chris Rogers
Q&A:
18:10: won't the US Supreme Court strike it down?
22:15: what can be done to help?
25:30: don't Corporations have all the same rights as natural persons?
26:10: on the writing of a bill and differences between states
27:20: concerns from California non-profits and unions
28:55: who should citizens write to as a matter of priority?
29:40: how will unions be affected?
35:20: How about the Commerce Clause, and how would corporations chartered outside California be affected in California?
38:00: What about the money billionaires would still be able to spend in politics?
39:50: What about Move to Amend?
40:40: What is resolution SJR 18?
44:45: on what should people concentrate their energies to help right now?
46:30: are a lot of changes likely to be made to the bill between now and next January?
49:30: will non-profits and union still be able to work together?
54:00: request for confirmation: of what needs to be done right now
57:00: what is the impact of it passing in other states?
Reuters reports that Montana voters will decide in November whether to bar corporations from spending money on elections, the first state to try this through a ballot initiative.
Reuters correspondent Brad Brooks explains the Montana ballot measure and the legal challenge expected if it passes.
Panel discussion organized by ThinkTech Hawaii.
News report from KHON2, Honolulu.