Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lydenberg, Steven D
• Young, Susan

Titel

BUSINESS BANKROLLS FOR LOCAL BALLOTS

Ist Teil von

• Business and society review (1974), 1980-04 (33), p.51

Ort / Verlag

Hoboken: Warren, Gorham & Lamont

Erscheinungsjahr

1980

Quelle

Business Source Ultimate

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Ballot questions dealing with smoking regulations, nuclear energy, and tax reform have become commonplace. Ballots place issues directly before the public and thus avoid the indirect legislative process that is often influenced by lobbying and corporate interests. Ballots are divided into 2 types: 1. a referendum which is introduced by the legislature, and 2. an initiative which is publicly originated. Initiatives have become most popular, and corporate interest in this form of ballot question has increased.Ballot questions, a local and state matter, cannot be controlled or protected by Federal laws. State attempts at limiting the increasing corporate influence have been ruled unconstitutional. Public groups, presenting an initiative for a ballot question that threatens a corporation, must be prepared to face large corporate spending that can be 10-20 times their own spending.