[Durham INC] Fwd: Great news: North Carolina has just taken the first step toward an amendment. Call now!

[Ed Harrison]

The bills are more simply numbered S937 and H1201, for searching at  
the General Assembly website..  S397 was introduced by Senator  
Kinnaird of Orange, and had no co-sponsors as of late Thursday.  H1201  
had four primary sponsors and eight co-sponsors, including Rep. Luebke  
of Durham. It was referred by the House Speaker to the Rules  
Committee, which is seldom good news nowadays for a Democrat-sponsored  
bill.

Ed



On May 31, 2012, at 10:48 PM, marc wrote:

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> Subject:	Great news: North Carolina has just taken the first step  
> toward an amendment. Call now!
> Date:	Thu, 31 May 2012 10:59:38 -0400
> From:	Sally Goerner <sgoerner at mindspring.com>
> To:	Sally Robertson <sally at earthsupportservices.com>, Sally Goerner <sgoerner at mindspring.com 
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> Our national friends are doing a call in campaign for our NC state  
> Citizen’s United bill today!  Please help by calling in your  
> support. (see below)
> From: Peter Schurman, Free Speech For People [mailto:contact at freespeechforpeople.org 
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> Subject: Great news: North Carolina has just taken the first step  
> toward an amendment. Call now!
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> Dear Friend -
>
> There’s great news today in North Carolina.  Members of your state  
> Senate and House have just introduced resolutions calling for:
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> "an amendment to the United States Constitution to restore  
> republican democracy to the people of the United States, to clarify  
> that corporations are not natural persons and should not be afforded  
> the same rights as natural persons, and to state that money is not  
> speech."
>
> It’s important that we show our support for these resolutions right  
> away.  Can you please call your state Senator and Representative  
> now, and urge them to co-sponsor these bills (S.J.R. 937 and H.J.R.  
> 1201)?
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> Use this easy link to look up your Rep, and Senator, and call them  
> for free.
>
> With this action, North Carolina is taking part in a growing  
> movement around the country, calling for a constitutional amendment  
> to overturn Citizens United and make it clear that our  
> constitutional rights are for people, not corporations.
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> Four other states have already passed similar resolutions.  North  
> Carolina has a chance now to make history as just the fifth state to  
> do so.
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> Here are some highlights from around the country:
> ·         Rhode Island, Vermont, New Mexico, and Hawaii have passed  
> statewide resolutions calling for an amendment.
> ·         The state senates of Alaska and Iowa have passed  
> resolutions along similar lines.
> ·         The state house of California has also passed a resolution.
> ·         Massachusetts’ state legislature is also working on a  
> resolution.
> ·         Montana is gearing up to put a measure supporting an  
> amendment before the voters on the general election ballot this  
> November.
> ·         A state assembly committee in New York is working on a  
> resolution as well.
> ·         More than 250 cities, towns, and counties nationwide have  
> passed resolutions calling for an amendment, including Asheville,  
> Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Franklin, Alamance County, and Orange County  
> in North Carolina.
> ·         22 state Attorneys General, including Roy Cooper of North  
> Carolina, recently signed a brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to  
> revisit the Citizens United ruling and to uphold a century-old  
> Montana law barring corporate money in elections.
>
> Can you please make two quick calls now, to urge your state Rep. and  
> Senator to get on board with this growing movement?:
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> Click here to call your Rep. and Senator now.
>
> Thanks so much for your help.  Together, we really can make history  
> and put America back in the hands of we, the people.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> - Peter
>
> Peter Schurman, Campaign Director
> Free Speech For People
> Thursday, May 31st, 2012
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