Money In Elections Is Not Free Speech
That’s the focus of a proposed constitutional amendment being heard at the Hawaii Legislature.
Well, this is something new.
Lawmakers are weighing a bill that calls for a constitutional amendment that would go before Hawaii voters.
The ballot question:
“Shall the Constitution of the State of Hawaii be amended to provide that the right to free speech does not include the expenditure of money to influence elections?”
The bill comes from Gil Keith-Agaran, who will hear it Thursday morning in the Senate Judiciary Committee that he chairs.
Seems related to the SCOTUS ruling on Citizens United, no?
The bill, which has a House companion, carries over from 2015.
