<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Big News! California DISCLOSE Act could pass in Assembly this week — with your help!</strong></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Finally the day we've been waiting for -- AB 700, the <em>California DISCLOSE Act</em>, will be voted on by the full Assembly as early as Wednesday!</span><br><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">AB 700 will strike the biggest blow yet against the unlimited secret money unleashed by Citizens United by requiring that ballot measure ads and ads about candidates by outside groups clearly disclose their top three true funders — on the ads themselves.</span><br><br><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Assembly will vote any day now, so we must tell them to vote "Yes" on AB 700 now!</span></strong><br><br><strong><a href="http://www.yesfairelections.org/petition/ab700.php?ms=moveon-2016-01-25"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">SIGN THE PETITION to send an email asking your Assemblymember to vote "Yes" on AB 700 — even if you've signed before!</span></a></strong><br><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Authored by Assemblymembers Jimmy Gomez and Marc Levine, and sponsored by the California Clean Money Campaign, the new language in AB 700* is taken from the on-ad disclosure portions of the <em>Voters' Right to Know Act</em> initiative. This means the two fit together and AB 700 now requires the type of clear and prominent disclosure on both ballot measure ads AND ads about candidates by outside groups that the California Clean Money Campaign has always advocated.</span><br><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Television and video ads will have to display the names of their top 3 true funders on a solid black background</strong> on the bottom third of the screen for a full 5 seconds. Each name must be displayed on a separate line in a large clear font and using regular capitalization. No more fine print. There are similar rules for radio ads, print ads, online ads, and robocalls.<br><br><strong>Equally important, there are new rules for earmarking and tracking to identify true funders when they try to hide</strong> behind shell groups with misleading names. Although a few further refinements are needed to guarantee voters are no longer deceived, this is the beginning of the end of ads routinely and legally misleading voters.</span><br><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><a href="http://www.yesfairelections.org/petition/ab700.php?ms=moveon-2016-01-25"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">SIGN THE PETITION to send an email asking your Assemblymember to vote "Yes" on AB 700 — even if you've signed before!</span></a></strong><br><br></span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Here's what the petition that emails your message directly to your Assemblymember says:</strong></span></p>
<blockquote><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><em>It's wrong to let political ads mislead voters about who paid for them. Knowing the true identity of the messenger is critical to evaluating the credibility of the message.<br><br>As your constituent, I'm asking you to right this wrong. Please vote Yes on AB 700, the California DISCLOSE Act, to require the three largest funders of ballot measure ads or ads about candidates by outside groups to be shown clearly and unambiguously – on the ad itself.</em><em><br><br>Thank you. Your vote will impact the integrity of our elections.<br><br></em><em> </em></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <a href="https://www.yesfairelections.org/petition/prop49-padilla.php?&ms=moveon-2016-01-16"><strong>Sign the Petition Now!</strong></a></span><br><br></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Thank you for standing with the California Clean Money Action Fund in the fight for fair elections. Together, we will create a democracy that is truly of, by, and for the people.</span><br><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Trent Lange</span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">President, California Clean Money Action Fund</span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a><br></a></span><span><span style="font-size: 12px;">*You can see the new bill language for AB 700 <a href="http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_0651-0700/ab_700_bill_20160114_amended_asm_v94.htm">here</a>.<br><br><br></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">---<br>The California Clean Money Action Fund is a non-profit, non-partisan 501(c)(4) organization that is the political advocacy arm of the 501(c)(3) <a href="http://www.CAclean.org?ref=su:moveon-footer">California Clean Money Campaign</a>. The California Clean Money Action Fund has been fighting for legislation and ballot measures to limit the undue influence of Big Money in California politics since 2006. All our support comes from individuals and non-profit foundations, with no funding from corporations or unions. For more information about us and our efforts on the <em>California DISCLOSE Act</em>, visit <a href="http://www.CAdisclose.org">www.CAdisclose.org</a>.</span><br><br><br> <br>
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