POLITICIANS in California may soon be forced to wear stickers on their clothes revealing their corporate sponsors under a proposed new law.

According to VICE, activists are pushing for the legal requirement to be included as something residents could vote for in the next state elections.

The idea originated in stand-up comedy and an old joke about forcing politicians to wear outfits similar to the sponsor-clad uniforms of Formula One drivers, said businessman and activist John Cox, who is spearheading the ballot initiative.

“This initiative will require every state legislator to wear on his coat, stickers, or some kind of logo representing their top ten contributors,” Mr Cox told VICE.

He said the proposal is meant to draw attention to conflicts of interest and how corporate money is ruining American politics.

He said: “Trump, Sanders — everybody Identifies the problem. The issue is, what is the best solution?”

Ballot initiatives are legislation proposed by the public which can appear on US state election ballots. In order for that to happen Mr Cox needs 365,000 valid signatures.

While that might seem a tall order California is one of the top three states for turning ballot initiatives into law. Most famously in 2008 when religious groups proposed a state ban on same-sex marriage which was voted into law. Known as Proposition 8, the legislation was later overturned as unconstitutional.

Campaign financing has long been an issue in American politics with many complaining that the lack of limits on how much donors can give to candidates has effectively meant politicians are being bought by rich corporations.

“I’d like to tell you that we’re doing this so that people can make good judgments about is this a good guy or a bad guy?” Mr Cox told VICE. “But that’s really not part of our motivation.”

“To us, the whole system is the bad guy.”