A group seeking to ban political spending by “monopoly” utilities and large state contractors hopes to put a ballot proposal before Michigan voters in the 2026 election.

Michiganders for Money Out of Politics on Monday announced plans for a statewide petition drive, with organizers vowing to try to “clean” up the state by limiting corporate political influence.

While the group has not yet released petition language, organizers said their plan would ban political contributions from regulated utilities like DTE Energy and Consumers Energy, along with any companies with more than $250,000 in contracts with the state government.

They could not immediately say how many companies that might impact but pointed to a state website that lists hundreds of active contracts.

“This is just one of the many ways, one of the many pathways, to true campaign finance reform,” Kim Murphy-Kovalick, senior director of policy and programs at Voters Not Politicians, said during a call with reporters.

“It’s definitely a multi-pronged issue that will take several, several initiatives and pathways for complete transparency in service of voters rather than politicians or corporations.”