密歇根州两大电力公司联邦起诉 要求叫停选民81%通过的竞选资金2号提案
密歇根州两大电力公司DTE Energy与Consumers Energy于11月5日向联邦法院提起诉讼，要求叫停选民11月3日以约81%的支持率通过的2号提案。
诉状递交至密歇根西区联邦地区法院，被告包括州总检察长Dana Nessel、州务卿Jocelyn Benson与州选举局局长Jonathan Brater。
2号提案又称“把钱赶出政治”提案，修订《密歇根竞选资金法》，禁止受监管的电力与天然气公用事业、年政府合同额超过25万美元的承包商及其有关联人员向可能影响其利益的候选人捐款，并扩大了选举传播的捐款人披露要求。
两家公司在诉状中称，提案违反美国宪法第一与第十四修正案，限制了企业、员工及其家属的政治参与，且未针对腐败问题作精准限定。提案发起方“密歇根人支持把钱赶出政治”组织称，压倒性通过的结果是选民要求变革的明确授权。
此前，Mackinac Center法律基金会已于11月3日当晚就提案中的披露条款另行起诉。根据州法，提案将在选举结果正式宣布10天后生效，预计为12月初，两家公司请求法院发布临时与永久禁令，阻止州政府执行相关条款。
Michigan's Two Big Utilities Sue in Federal Court to Block Voter-Approved Proposal 2 on Campaign Money
Michigan's two largest utilities, DTE Energy and Consumers Energy, filed suit in federal court on Nov. 5 seeking to block Proposal 2, which voters approved on Nov. 3 with about 81% support.
The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, names Attorney General Dana Nessel, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Bureau of Elections Director Jonathan Brater as defendants.
Proposal 2, known as the “Money Out of Politics” measure, amends the Michigan Campaign Finance Act to bar regulated electric and gas utilities, contractors with more than $250,000 a year in government contracts, and people closely connected to them from contributing to candidates who could affect their interests, and it expands donor-disclosure requirements for election communications.
The companies argue the measure violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments, restricts political participation by the companies, their employees and their families, and is not narrowly tailored to fighting corruption. The sponsoring group, Michiganders for Money Out of Politics, called the lopsided vote a clear mandate from voters for change.
The Mackinac Center for Public Policy had already sued on election night, Nov. 3, over the measure's disclosure provisions. Under state law the measure takes effect 10 days after the official declaration of results, expected in early December, and the companies asked the court for preliminary and permanent injunctions barring enforcement.
来源：美国密歇根西区联邦地区法院
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