Ballot Proposal Spending Grows

A national organization has estimated that $27 million has been spent on advertising for Proposals 2 – 6 in Michigan, with a group fighting Proposal 3 leading the way.

Clean Affordable Renewable Energy (CARE) for Michigan Coalition, which is opposed to Proposal 3’s effort to mandate 25 percent renewable energy use by 2025, has spend $2.5 million in advertising throughout the state.

Proposal 2 is nearly evenly split in spending. Protecting Michigan taxpayers, the group opposing the measure to place collective bargaining in the State Constitution, has spend $1.5 million. Protect Our Jobs and Protect Working Families have spent $2.2 supporting its passage.

Only California with 11 ballot proposals is outpacing Michigan’s spending with a staggering $115 million thus far.

Proposal 1 of 2004, the measure for casino gaming expansion in Michigan, holds the record for most spending with $27.5 million laid out in total.

posted by PAA Online , Friday, October 5, 2012 10:46 AM
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