A proposed initiated law to prohibit campaign contributions from certain regulated utilities and government contractors and apply campaign finance laws and regulations to additional types of political communications
On every Michigan ballot · November 3, 2026
The question on your ballot
The 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 to those who run for or hold offices that impact them. • 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?
In plain language
A VoterDecoder summary of the official measure text.
This initiated law would prohibit regulated electric and gas utilities, government contractors with more than $250,000 a year in government contracts, and people and organizations with substantial connections to them from making direct or indirect campaign contributions to those who run for or hold offices that affect them. It would expand laws on political communications spending, including donor disclosure requirements, to cover communications that clearly identify a candidate or ballot question, even if they do not expressly advocate a vote for or against it. It would also apply the law requiring disclosure of who paid for political communications to internet political communications.
Official ballot arguments
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Opponents say
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