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Senate committee advances bill to list top funders on California ballot labels
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The Senate Elections Committee advanced AB 596, an Assembly-authored bill that would require the ballot label for initiatives and referendums to list the top funders who paid to qualify the measure.
The Senate Elections Committee advanced AB 596, an Assembly-authored bill that would require the ballot label for initiatives and referendums to list the top funders who paid to qualify the measure.
Assemblymember Ortega presented the measure, saying, “AB 596 will allow voters to make more informed decisions and understand which entities have paid to put a proposition on the ballot.” The committee heard proponents who said the requirement would cut through large paid campaigns backed by corporate money and help voters identify who is bankrolling measures.
Yvonne Fernandez of the California Federation of Labor testified…
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