[Occupymendocino] Fwd: Victory in Mendocino County!

[Richard Karch]

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>  The National Campaign to End Corporate Personhood and Demand Democracy! 
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> Dear Move to Amend Member,
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> Here's our press release about the successful conclusion of our efforts to put a Citizens Advisory to End Corporate Rule and Defend Democracy on the November ballot in Mendocino County!
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> Many thanks to all the volunteers who went out time and again in all kinds of weather, to all kinds of places to collect more than enough signatures to qualify for the ballot!  Move to Amend has gained a lot of recognition throughout the county and many more folks are now aware of corporate personhood and the need to amend the Constitution!
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> If you would like to help us with our campaign, please get in touch (contact info below).
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> Thanks for your support,
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> The Move to Amend Coalition of Mendocino County
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> DEFEND DEMOCRACY, YES ON MEASURE F!
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> Contact Info:
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> Margaret Koster
> Co-Chair, Move to Amend Coalition of Mendocino County
> 707-459-5970 
> mkoster at pacific.net
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> Move to Amend 
> National Campaign  
> movetoamend.org
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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                           JULY 25, 2012
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> The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously yesterday to place a Citizens Advisory Measure to End Corporate Rule and Defend Democracy on the November 2012 ballot for Mendocino County.  The measure asks voters if our elected representatives should be instructed to enact resolutions and legislation calling for an amendment to the United States Constitution to establish that only human beings and not corporations are endowed with constitutional rights, and money does not constitute speech and therefore political spending can be regulated.  The Board of Supervisors action was sponsored by Fifth District Supervisor Dan Hamburg.
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> Beginning in March and finishing in June, about eighty volunteers from the Move to Amend Coalition of Mendocino County collected 5661 signatures from county voters to put the measure on the ballot.  Elections official, County Clerk Sue Ranochak, certified that the group had collected enough valid signatures to qualify the measure for the ballot.  “I applaud the work the organization has done going out to the shopping centers and gathering places and educating people one to one,” said Hamburg.
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> To date, eleven other towns and counties nationwide have passed ballot measures calling for a Constitutional Amendment and twenty more are in progress.  More than 128 town and county councils have passed resolutions calling for a Constitutional Amendment to End Corporate Personhood including Mendocino County towns Pt. Arena and Ft. Bragg as well as major cities such as Los Angeles and New York.
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> “Corporate personhood “ commonly refers to Supreme Court rulings that a corporation, a fictional “person” for legal purposes, has the same inherent Constitutional rights as a human being.  The most recent example is the ruling in the Citizens United vs. Fair Elections Commission case of January 2010 in which the Court held that campaign contributions constitute free speech and cannot be regulated, thus overturning the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law.  That ruling has proved to be controversial and has spurred a number of calls to reverse it by amending the Constitution.  Previous rulings have overturned food labeling laws and worker and consumer safety laws, among others.
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> Move to Amend is a national grassroots organization formed to raise awareness of the problem of “corporate personhood” and mobilize a political movement to bring about a Constitutional Amendment firmly establishing that a corporation or other artificial entity is not a person with constitutional rights and political spending is not free speech and can be regulated.  The organization has grown to include over 100 local affiliates since its formation in January 2010. 
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>  Move to Amend Ukiah and Move to Amend Ft. Bragg have formed the Move to Amend Coalition of Mendocino County to campaign for the Citizens Advisory to End Corporate Rule and Defend Democracy which will be on the November Mendocino County ballot.
> The Coalition is actively supported by residents throughout the county, including in Willits, Ukiah, Laytonville, Booneville, Potter Valley, Point Arena, Mendocino and
> Round Valley.
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> “This has been an all volunteer effort of ordinary citizens and the volunteers found that most people were eager to sign the petition.  Many people were happy to take our flyers to learn more about the issue,” said Margaret Koster, inland Co-Chair of the effort.
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> For more information about the Move to Amend Coalition of Mendocino County contact Tom Wodetzki at  937-1113 or tw at mcn.org or Margaret Koster at 459-5970 or mkoster at pacific.net.
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> For more information about the national organization Move to Amend go to www.movetoamend.org
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> UKIAH MOVE TO AMEND
> www.MoveToAmend.org/CA-ukiah
> Ukiah Move to Amend is a local affiliate of the Move to Amend Coalition
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> We, the People of the United States of America, reject the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, and move to amend our Constitution to firmly establish that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights.    
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> National Headquarters: PO Box 610, Eureka CA 95502  |  www.MoveToAmend.org
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