Michigan Campaign Finance Network 🔎
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A nonpartisan nonprofit fighting dark money in Michigan politics. 🔎 If you see dark money, say something! ➡️ [email protected] 💬 Anonymous tips welcome!
Lansing, MI
Joined January 2016
New @MIRSnews story on the potential conflicts with four Michigan legislators married to lobbyists. Featuring quotes from MCFN board members Alma Wheeler Smith and Joe Schwarz and executive director @NeilThanedar:
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Here's the link to the article:
bridgemi.com
The multimillion-dollar new Michigan transparency portal is still a work in progress after its debut this month, state officials said.
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New story by our former director @Simon_Schuster, with quotes from our new director @NeilThanedar!.
Michigan's new $9M "transparency portal" provides less information to the public than the old system. This makes it even harder for investigators like @MichiganCFN to do our jobs. We will be following the promised fixes closely.
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Widely reported SuperPac Future Coalition PAC spent over $450,000 in support, and $66,000 against @ElissaSlotkin in October in financial filings, though their ads are seemingly crafted to dissuade voters they target, mainly from @KamalaHarris .
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RT @mjbeckel: Government accountability depends on #transparency in our #campaignfinance system. That's why a dozen organizations are urgin….
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RT @MIRSnews: @NicholasPigeon of the MI Campaign Finance Network and Lisa McGraw of the @MichiganPress discuss the Legislature's latest att….
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Happy #SunshineWeek here at #mileg. Have any questions about all the different fundraising committees and how dark money works? Watch Executive Director @NicholasPigeon’s testimony to @MIHouseTV explaining it all ➡️➡️➡️
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Executive Director @NicholasPigeon will speak tonight at 6pm over Zoom hosted by @DetroitLibrary and @DetroitLwv exploring the history of '22 Proposal 1 and how it is making Michigan more transparent. Sign up to attend ➡️➡️➡️
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Prop 1 was supposed to increase transparency of personal finances of state officials, as well as changing term limits. How is it doing?
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RT @nicknyhart: Important big money transparency issue here - keep an eye on responses. Great work by @IssueOneReform, @Public_Citizen, @Co….
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Read: MCFN speaks at @JocelynBenson’s press conference unveiling a new online FOIA request system .
michiganadvance.com
A new online system for processing requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for the Department of Elections was unveiled Tuesday by Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. Hailing it...
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RT @IPPSR: This month @MattGrossmann and the MSU IPPSR State of the State podcast crew examine recently passed financial disclosure legisla….
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In the new disclosure law, the maximum penalty for filing an inaccurate or incomplete report is $2,000, which is lower than most other states. Late filing fees can be paid out of their campaign committee
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The financial disclosure law, which passed the House last night after 2:00 AM, will only require the disclosure of travel payments and reimbursements by "lobbyists and lobbyist agents under state law" which is something that is already disclosed on the lobbyist side
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RT @ZachGorchow: There we have it. The House has adopted a resolution setting the sine die adjournment date for next Tuesday, November 14.
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The #mileg passed the Proposal 1 mandated financial disclosure bill .package without amendments late into the morning hours.
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The House is now considering the part of the financial disclosure package that lets members pay for fines out of their campaign funds.
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