State Legislature 2013 session

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14. Washington Public Campaigns and other groups sign on

Thursday, January 17th is a citizen lobbying day at the State Capitol in Olympia for a memorial to Congress requesting that a constitutional amendment be passed to the states for ratification overturning Citizens United and other decisions that allow for unlimited campaign contributions. The anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. FEC is January 19th and events to inform Americans of the disastrous effect of the decision to protect money as free speech and corporations as people are happening all over the United States.

Washington Public Campaigns (WPC) is a member of WAMEND, the Washington State coalition working for an amendment to the constitution. The momentum is growing and so are the coalition members, which include Free Speech for People, Fuse, Get Money Out of Politics (GMOP), Island County Citizens Ignited Against Citizens United, Metropolitan Democratic Club, Move On Seattle Council, Move to Amend, Public Citizen, Seattle Legislative Resolution Planning Committee (SLRPC), Spokane Move to Amend the Constitution (SMAC), University Unitarian Church GMOP Group, Washington Public Campaigns and WashPIRG.

A resolution will be introduced in this session of the Washington State Legislature. WPC invites you to join with other advocates to lobby your legislators for the resolution (memorial to Congress).

There will be a table in front of the State Capitol where citizen lobbyists can “check in” between 9:00 a.m.- to receive information including:

•Instructions for lobbying
•A short message and ask
•Suggested written message to leave at your legislator's office
•A reference to the 10,000 petition signatures collected in Washington demanding an amendment be passed. They will be delivered to Senator Adam Kline at a noon press conference.