Marshfield City Council Discusses Campaign Spending
Wednesday, December 13th, 2017 -- 8:01 AM
(WDLB) -Marshfield may be joining a growing list of municipalities and states seeking a constitutional amendment regarding the Citizens United Supreme Court decision regarding campaign spending by organizations and corporations.The Marshfield Common Council voted last night to put the resolution on the April ballot, asking the city's voters to decide whether Marshfield should add its name to the growing list of cities calling for the Citizens United ruling to be overturned. A group called Marshfield United To Amend is seeking the referendum. Ben Dorshorst told the Council last night the group is concerned about the influence of money on elections and the political process. Dorshorst said the group circulated a petition in the city, and collected one-thousand-266 signatures, more than the required 15-percent of people who voted in the last gubernatorial election--and that's more than enough to force the city to put the matter to voters, or simply vote to pass the resolution.
With the referendum approval, Dorshorst said his group would work with the city clerk's office to fine-tune the wording of the referendum question, which will appear on the April third ballot next spring. He also said the group would work to educate city residents on the issue, and on the question which will appear on the ballot.
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