SAN FRANCISCO — The California Legislature can use the ballot to take non-binding voter opinion polls on issues of “federal constitutional dimension,” the state Supreme Court ruled Monday.
The 6-1 decision paves the way for proponents of campaign finance reform to place a measure on the November 2016 ballot asking voters whether they support a constitutional amendment to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Justice Kathryn Werdegar, writing for the majority in Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association v. Padilla, found drafting advisory ballot measures falls within state lawmakers’ power to petition for and ratify federal constitutional amendments.
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