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Monday, June 26th, 2023

Billionaire-Funded Group Attacking Direct Democracy Across US

Author:     Julia Conley
Source:     Common Dreams
Publication Date:     23 June 2023
 Link: Billionaire-Funded Group Attacking Direct Democracy Across US
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A small group of fascist oligarchs are slowly restructuring our democracy at the state level to turn America into an anocracy controlled by these oligarchs, and rigged in such a way that the vast majority in the country is rendered powerless and unable to rectify what the oligarchs have done. All of this is the result of Citizens United. We need to eliminate the Electoral College, put term limits on judgeship at every level, as well as uniform ethics standards, and create publicly funded elections in which every person from 18 on gets an equal vote.

Residents wait in line to vote at an early voting site on October 2, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. 
Credit: Scott Olson / Getty

When Ohio voters go to the polls in August for a special election to decide on the threshold needed to pass a constitutional referendum, they will be voting on whether to weaken direct democracy in their own state—but the push to do so is coming in large part from a Florida-based right-wing group whose biggest donor is Illinois billionaire Richard Uihlein.

As The Guardian reported Thursday, the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) originally focused its efforts on influencing state policy but in recent months has testified, issued legal memos, and posted on social media about proposals in a number of states to raise the threshold needed to amend state constitutions by referendum.

Uihlein, a key promoter and funder of lies about the 2020 presidential election, has donated $17.6 million to FGA since 2014, contributing to its efforts regarding ballot initiatives as well as its attempts to block ranked-choice voting […]

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1 Comment

  1. Albus Eddie on Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 5:27 am

    Let’s break-up the duopoly, and expand the house of Representatives so we can start having real representation in the country.