U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Apr. 7, 2015
9th Circuit rules corporations can't propose California ballot measures
In a unanimous reversal of an earlier 3-judge panel ruling, the appellate court dismissed arguments that the corporations have a First Amendment right to be official sponsors of state and local ballot measures.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
People, not corporations or organizations, are the only ones who can officially sponsor a voter initiative in California, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday.
And in what it called a bid to protect the integrity of the electoral process, the court also held that individual sponsors must put their names on the petitions people sign to formally qualify initiatives.
The court dism...
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