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A PROPOSED INITIATED LAW TO PROHIBIT CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CERTAIN REGULATED UTILITIES AND APPLY CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS AND REGULATIONS TO ADDITIONAL TYPES OF POLITICAL COMMUNICATIONSThe proposal would:Prohibit regulated electric and gas utilities, contractors with over $250,000 annually in government contracts, and people and organizations with substantial connections to these utilities/contractors from making direct or indirect campaign contributions.Expand laws regulating spending on political communications, including those requiring disclosing donor information, to apply to communications clearly identifying candidates or ballot questions, even if they do not expressly advocate voting for/against them.Expressly apply the law requiring disclosure of who paid for political communications to internet political communications.Should this proposal be adopted?Yes [ ] No [ ]Brief Explanation:This proposal will ask voters whether to enact a law that would:Prohibit certain utilities, government contractors, and their affiliates from making campaign contributions to candidates.Expand campaign finance disclosure requirements to political communications that identify candidates or ballot questions, even without explicitly supporting or opposing them.Require disclosure of who paid for political communications on the internet.A ‘Yes’ Vote means:Limit campaign contributions from certain regulated utilities, large government contractors, and those closely connected to them.Expand campaign finance disclosure requirements to include communications that identify candidates or ballot questions, even if they don’t explicitly tell voters how to vote.Require online political ads to disclose who paid for them, increasing transparency about the source of political communications.A ‘No’ Vote Means:Existing campaign finance laws remain in place, meaning regulated utilities and large contractors (those with over $250,000 annually in government contracts) can continue to make political contributions under current state regulations.