“It’s going to ban corporations that have large state or local government contracts of more than $250,000 from contributing to candidates for state or local office where those contracts are held,” said Christy McGillivray, co-chair of the Michiganders for Money Out of Politics Executive Committee.

The campaign says that companies like Consumers Energy and DTE hold unfair influence over state lawmakers with political spending.

The Energy and Policy Institute found that more than half of Michigan lawmakers currently accept donations from the utilities.

“The reason why we took on this ballot initiative is because of the fact that massive corporations and our gas and electric utilities buy out both parties, and the result is that voters across the state suffer,” McGillivray said.