Corporations, advocacy groups spend big on ballot measures

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Across the country, large companies and national advocacy groups are putting big dollars behind committees with benign-sounding names that support or oppose ballot initiatives on issues as varied as minimum wage increases in Alaska and recreational marijuana in Florida.

The committees are using that money to put their message out in expensive ads featuring family farmers, concerned doctors and smiling teachers. Voters may not readily be able to identify the patrons behind the millions of dollars in ads, but a who’s who of corporate America -- soda king Coca-Cola, agriculture magnate Monsanto and malpractice insurer The Doctors Company -- are among them.


Corporations, advocacy groups spend big on ballot measures