Lansing — A ballot proposal campaign that aims to ban some of Michigan’s largest corporations from spending money on state politics submitted on Wednesday more than 562,000 petition signatures to the Secretary of State’s office.
The filing might set off a high-stakes battle in Michigan, entangling powerful utilities, like DTE Energy, and insurance heavyweights, such as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, while potentially testing the legal ability of the public to limit the political influence of big businesses.
If approved by voters in November, the initiative from Michiganders for Money Out of Politics would amend state campaign finance law to prohibit
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