Well, this is something new.
Lawmakers are that calls for a constitutional amendment that would go聽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 in the Senate Judiciary Committee that he chairs.
Seems related to the SCOTUS ruling on Citizens United, no?
The bill, which has , carries over from 2015.

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