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Michigan counties with online campaign finance reporting. These laws regulate the amounts and sources of money given or received for political purposes. Campaign finance manual pdf welcome to the campaign finance disclosure website. Corporations, joint stock companies, labor organizations, domestic dependent sovereigns indian tribes. Also find the campaign finance act and administrative rules and a link to merts. You can find your city or township clerk through the michigan voter information center. This guide is intended to give committees information and tips to complete successful filings as required. Michigan small business relief grant economic development.
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