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

Fri Jun 1 00:59:23 EDT 2012

Needs to say "corporations and other business associations"

From: inc-list-bounces at rtpnet.org [mailto:inc-list-bounces at rtpnet.org] On
Behalf Of Ed Harrison
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 11:47 PM
To: marc at theforestfoundation.org
Cc: INC; durhamenviro at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Durham INC] Fwd: Great news: North Carolina has just taken the
first step toward an amendment. Call now!

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  <mailto:sgoerner at mindspring.com> <sgoerner at mindspring.com>

To:

Sally Robertson  <mailto:sally at earthsupportservices.com>
<sally at earthsupportservices.com>, Sally Goerner
<mailto:sgoerner at mindspring.com> <sgoerner at mindspring.com>

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:[mailto:contact at freespeechforpeople.org]>
[mailto:contact at freespeechforpeople.org] 
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:

"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)?

<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2B2YaSN2vWu21NYGH2AF
5KhA8mXF1iPty> 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.

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.

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?:

<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=K1YZybQ7k%2FL%2B5SNXI
1osmhA8mXF1iPty> 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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