[GPSCC-chat] Need volunteers to ask candidates to "pledge to amend"

[Spencer Graves]

Hello, Caroline, et al.:


ALL:  The "Pledge to amend" coalition is looking for volunteers to 
contact candidates to ask them to sign a pledge to support a 
constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.  This coalition 
includes people from many groups who supported passage of Prop 49, which 
would have asked voters to ask Congress for such a constitutional 
amendment.


CAROLINE:  Could you please give me 5 minutes on the agenda for Thursday 
to provide an update on this?


       Hope to see you Thursday evening at 7 PM for a 350 presentation 
followed at 7:30 by our regular monthly meeting.


       Best Wishes,
       Spencer


-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject:     Prop. 49 Follow-up meeting on Saturday
Date:     Mon, 22 Sep 2014 17:51:37 -0700
From:     Eitan Fenson (scc-mta) <eitan at scc-mta.org>
Reply-To:     Eitan Fenson (scc-mta) <eitan at scc-mta.org>
To:     Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org>



SANTA CLARA COUNTY

PLEDGE TO AMEND CAMPAIGN

“MAKING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS & CANDIDATES RESPONSIBLE”



Sat., Sept. 27 at 3 PM

AACI, 2400 Moorpark Ave., Room 210, San Jose

This broad Prop 49 coalition is asking local elected officials and 
candidates to sign a pledge in support of the 28th Amendment language.  
The request along with background information and a pledge form have 
been sent to 187 federal, state, county, and city elected officials and 
candidates within Santa Clara County. Democracy activists are urgently 
needed to contact these elected representatives and candidates before 
the September 30 date given to them.  Contact me at eitan at scc-mta.org. 
Contact information for your non-responsive elected representative and 
candidates will be forwarded to you.

On September 27 the Prop 49 / MTA Pledge to Amend Campaign will consider 
how to publicize the results received by September 30: how should we 
publicize the supporters and opponents of 28th Amendment language?  
Social media, e-mailings, letters to the editor, etc. will all be 
considered.  In addition, we are planning a January 2015 event 
denouncing the 5th Anniversary of Citizen’s United.

According to the Prop 49 campaign, candidates who support the 28th 
Amendment language get a boost at the polls of 2-4% over their 
opponents.This is so because the vast majority of Americans, Democrats, 
Republicans, and independents alike, are sick and tired of the 
corrupting influence of big money in political campaigns and the undue 
influence of corporations over our lives.

Contact Richard Hobbs at 408-460-2999 richhobbs at msn.com,

Eitan Fenson at 408-459-8549 eitan at scc-mta.org,

or Gerry Hunt at 408-266-0107 gwhunt97 at comcast.net .
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