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  • ‘Symbolic’ Measure Seeks Limits on Corporate Campaign Speech

    Allie Harrison|Oct 17, 2012

    For the Montanans debating Initiative 166, the measure calling for a constitutional amendment proclaiming “corporations are not people,” the fight is a battle over the future of democracy and free speech in America. “Elections are bought and sold and people don’t feel empowered to participate in their democracy,” said Missoula City Councilwoman Cynthia Wolken, an I-166 supporter. But opponents dismiss that as posturing. “It’s a political measure, rather than a specifically practical measure,” said state Sen. Dave Lewis, R-Helena. He ca...