End Citizens United: Ending Big Money Politics
End Citizens United (ECU) is an organization that was created after the 2010 Supreme Court decision United v. F.E.C. This court ruling completely changed elections and politics within the United States. In essence, what the United v. F.E.C ruling says is that corporations can be considered people, thus allowing billionaires, companies, and special interest groups to spend as much, untraceable, money on elections as they choose to. The ultimate goal of End Citizens United is to bring an end to Citizens United and big money politics. The organization hopes to achieve this in a number of ways, including: to elect candidates who are pro-reform; by ensuring that the issue of …..
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