Hawaii enacts law modeled on 'Montana Plan'

Montanans will have the chance to vote on a law aimed at limiting the amount of money spent in elections, following an announcement on Tuesday that the Transparent Election Initiative had exceeded the required number of signatures needed to get on the ballot.

And while the idea to use state law to counter the Citizens United decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, put forth by former Montana Commissioner of Political Practices Jeff Mangan, has been dubbed “the Montana Plan,” other states have taken the model and beaten the Treasure State to the finish line.

Last month, Democratic Hawaii Gov. Josh Green signed Senate Bill 2471 into law after it passed on a series of bipartisan votes throughout the legislative process.

The law has almost identical language to Montana’s ballot initiative, using a legal strategy promoted by the Center for American Progress to use a state’s ability to regulate the powers granted to corporations.




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