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Seriously SK? You gonna twist my nipples over a wrong term to be pedantic? The initiative vote. Thing that allowed CostCo to start selling alcohol in the first place? Is this not an election? People voting is not an election?
Nope.

They paid for the outcome over a law. last sentence in the second quote "Costco spent about $15 per voter. It was a good fight, and its ads were clean."
You're **** straight they did. The state had a monopoly on the selling of liquor, and so a bunch of distributors (other corporations) wanted to keep the law, which is a bad law. Costco spread the word and the initiative passed. That's why spending money on campaigns is free speech.