ECIElection Campaign-Finance Index

Contribution limits are set explicitly in statute with enumerated dollar amounts by office, satisfying statutory codification of the contribution limit framework.

“a person other than an independent committee or a political party committee shall not make contributions to a candidate committee of a candidate for elective office that, with respect to an election cycle, are more than the following: (a) $6,800.00 for a candidate for state elective office other than the office of state legislator”

The section codifies independent expenditure committees, their formation, filing obligations, permitted contributions/expenditures, prohibition on contributions to candidate committees, and felony penalties with a defined schedule.

“One or more persons may create an independent expenditure committee and shall file a statement of organization under section 24. An independent expenditure committee shall file campaign statements under sections 33 and 35 and as otherwise provided in this act.”

Statute prohibits anonymous contributions, mandates a specific disposition (transfer to a tax-exempt charity), requires a receipt, imposes record retention, and prescribes a penalty for knowing violations.

“A person shall not accept or expend an anonymous contribution. An anonymous contribution received by a person must not be deposited but must be given to a tax exempt charitable organization. The charitable organization receiving the contribution shall provide the person with a receipt. The receipt must be retained by an appropriate committee pursuant to section 22.”

The statute defines specific dollar thresholds ($200, $500, $2,500) for late contribution reporting directly in statute, satisfying the requirement that disclosure thresholds be statutorily defined.

The section enumerates specific filing deadlines for preelection, postelection, off-year, quarterly (April/July/October), annual, and 48-hour independent expenditure reports, with closing dates specified for each. This is a fully statutorily-grounded, enumerated filing schedule.

“A preelection campaign statement must be filed not later than the eleventh day before an election. The closing date for a campaign statement filed under this subdivision is the sixteenth day before the election.”

Statute explicitly enumerates full name, street address, occupation, employer, and principal place of business as required contributor identity fields for late contributions above defined thresholds.

“shall report a late contribution by filing with the filing officer within 48 hours after its receipt the full name, street address, occupation, employer, and principal place of business of the contributor.”

The section authorizes (permissive 'may') county clerks to adopt a system that provides internet disclosure, but does not mandate public online access nor define a timeframe within which filings must be posted.

“that provides internet disclosure of electronically filed statements or reports on a website”

Section specifies both criminal grade (felony, up to 3 years and $5,000 fine for individuals) and civil monetary penalties ($20,000 or triple the improper amount) for entities violating subsection (4).

“An individual who knowingly violates or causes a person to violate subsection (4) is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 3 years or a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both. A person that violates subsection (4) that is not an individual is subject to 1 of the following, whichever is greater: (a) A fine of not more than $20,000.00. (b) A fine of not more than triple the amount of the improper contribution or expenditure.”

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses filling vacancies in metropolitan district officer positions, not the appointment or independence of any campaign-finance enforcement body.

The statute provides a citizen complaint mechanism to the Secretary of State, but this is administrative, not a private right of action in court. No private civil suit is authorized.

This section prohibits contributions by foreign corporations/joint stock companies, but does not address foreign individuals or foreign governments directly, and is framed as a corporate/labor prohibition rather than a foreign-source prohibition. It is not a comprehensive foreign-source ban.

General anti-straw-donor rule that would catch indirect channels (including a foreign national contributing in another's name), but the statute does not specifically address foreign-controlled LLCs, pass-through entities, or require corporate-ownership tracing — so coverage is 'some', not 'comprehensive'.

“must not be made, directly or indirectly, by any person in a name other than the name by which that person is identified for legal purposes.”

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section requires out-of-state contributors to submit a self-certified statement attesting that contributions are not from funds prohibited by § 169.254 (foreign corporations). This is contributor self-attestation, not independent verification by the recipient committee, and applies only to out-of-state — not to in-state contributors more broadly.

Section enumerates campaign-statement contents and requires committee record-keeping ('the committee treasurer or other individual designated as responsible for the committee's record keeping' and 'the committee shall keep adequate records of each instance' regarding withdrawn contributions), but does not specify a statutory retention period for those records.

“the committee shall keep adequate records of each instance”

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in Michigan election or campaign-finance statute.