Louisiana voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment on Saturday banning the use of private money in election administration.
Passed by nearly two-thirds (72.6 percent) of voters during the state’s Saturday elections, the new amendment to Louisiana’s constitution stipulates that “[n]o funds, goods, or services donated by a foreign government or a nongovernmental source shall be used to conduct elections unless provided for in the election code and subject to restrictions provided by general law.” The proposal’s passage makes Louisiana the 26th state to ban or restrict the use of private money in elections and the first to ban the practice via the constitutional amendment process.
“Elections should never be privatized in Louisiana or anywhere else, and we’re pleased that voters resoundingly decided to ban ‘Zuckerbucks’ once and for all at the polls,” Ken Cuccinelli, chair of the Election Transparency Initiative, told The Federalist.
Louisiana’s new constitutional […]
Read the Whole Article From the Source: thefederalist.com
-
Learn the TRUTH about Gold IRAs and how most precious metals companies play dirty.