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Important information

Please be advised that we are conducting scheduled maintenance between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Saturday June 28. During this time, you may not be able to access MiTN, the Lobby Disclosure Public Search, Personal Financial Disclosure Search, the Committee Public Search, and Contribution/Expenditure Analysis.


MiTN system updates

We’re currently collecting information on system bugs and are actively working to resolve these issues daily. This page will be updated regularly to keep users informed on the status and progress of system improvements. If you experience an issue with the MiTN system, please report it to CampaignFinance@Michigan.gov.

If using public search for committees or contribution analysis, please note that the MiTN system can take approximately 1-3 hours for updates to display after the information has been uploaded into MiTN. If you believe information should be displaying and it is not, please try again later or contact us at CampaignFinance@Michigan.gov.

Committee

    • MCCB-10 - Anonymous as an option for expenditures
    • MCCB-36 - Unable to attach campaigns for Federal offices
    • MITNPS-89 - Cannot memo itemize transactions with date on or before date of parent record
    • MCCB-30 - Campaigns' appearing for Candidate Committees
    • MITNPS-162 - Independent Expenditure Committee unable to create campaign for dissolved Candidate Committee
    • MITNPS-216 - Committee Expenditure Analysis Search pagination problem
    • MITNPS-138 - Multiple LFFs generating for same statement
    • MITNPS-135 - Incorrect “Office Title” displaying in Contribution analysis search dropdown
    • MITNPS-143 - Other receipts and Gubernatorial Contributions unavailable for analysis
    • MITNPS-140 - Spelling error in “Candidate SofO Required” notice
    • MITNPS-128 - Submission date changing when creating an amendment
    • MITNPS-119 - Error adding “campaign” to some in-kind expenditures
    • MITNPS-111 - Expenditure “type” not displaying for Caucus Committees
    • MITNPS-80 - Migrated debts and obligations not displaying
    • MITNPS-84 - Filing wizard not pulling forward proper opening balances
    • MITNPS-106 - Ending balances not updating within a filing in progress

    Import fixes

    • MITNPS-63, MITNPS-86, MITNPS-93, MITNPS-100, MITNPS-101 MITNPS-114, MITNPS-115, MITNPS-122, MITNPS-129, MITNPS-151, MITNPS-153, MITNPS-154 - Improved ability to import contacts and transactions. Such as issues caused by county field, committee ID, larger names, missing campaign contact ID, contact stuck in a DT processing status.

    MITNPS-113 - Made summary preview visible for E-Filers

    Fixed filing issues related to the following scenarios:

    • MITNPS-117 - Inability to amend due to/incorrect date received
    • MITNPS-98 - Filer received system exception error upon saving new filing
    • MITNPS-61 - Filer cannot amend Statement of Organization due to office held
    • MITNPS-90 - Filer unable to amend Statement of Organization due to sponsoring organization field

    Errors when entering different transaction types

    • MITNPS-92 - Committee error related to entering in-kind contributions
    • MITNPS-104 - Committee memo-itemization error
    • MITNPS-109 - “type” field broken for other receipts
    • MITNPS-108 - Committee unable to save loan repayment
    • MITNPS-48 - MiTN users unable to access system, configuration exception
    • MITNPS-91 - Slow load time when adding contacts to receipts
    • MITNPS-69 - Summary preview cumulative total calculating incorrectly
    • MITNPS-121 - Permissions, reporting, and viewing migrated documents for notifications
    • Unable to associate multiple filings to a fundraiser
    • Type is required field for in-kind contribution - loan
    • Reporting waiver date not displaying
    • Summary Preview balances duplicating with amendment
    • Filing submission successful displaying upon failed filing
    • Only 101 rows displaying within contacts, transactions
    • Ballot Question Committees experiencing error when attaching campaigns
    • Nothing displaying for e-filer for migrated Late Contribution Reports
    • Error adding fundraiser outside of coverage period
    • Notification images not displaying
    • Fundraiser totals incorrect
    • Inability to attach campaigns to some independent expenditures
    • Column in "Receipts" sorting by day, month, year instead of year, month, day

Personal Financial Disclosure

    • MITNPS-225 - 2024 spouse lobbyist activity displaying incorrectly
    • MITNPS-197 - Glitches while completing a filing
    • MITNPS-168 - Entity Record not updating registration filing type
    • MITNPS-195, MITNPS-196 - The public PFD search needs to have users be able to click filings and be able to see detail
    • MITNPS-164 - Public search sort order is not showing correctly
    • MITNPS-165 - Public search Duplicate entity without separate registration information
    • MITNPS-167 - Public search corrections to filer type
    • PFD Public search pagination elicits an error after page 2
    • MITNPS-127 - PFD filer cannot amend their 2024 registrations
    • MITNPS-126 - Filer cannot begin a new 2025 report when there is a 2024 report already existing in their list of filings
    • MITNPS-141 - District numbers are incorrect in PFD public search
    • MITNPS-149 - PFD earned income tab is not stable
    • MITNPS-166 - Add multiple fields to search filters public search
    • MITNPS-201 - Associating committee causes system exception
    • MITNPS-204 - Error upon attempting to submit due to attestation
    • MITNPS-203 - Missing data when reviewing PFD disclosure prior to submission
    • Public search does not have entity updating registration filing type

Lobby

    • MITNPS-44 - E-filer unable to enter new lobbyable public officials
    • MITNPS-74 - Unable to overwrite previously entered termination date
    • MITNPS-21 - Unable to add an org/employee to a lobbyist registration
    • MITNPS-35 - Unable to search 2024 winter financial report
    • MITNPS-72 - Lobby public search does not show the details of a lobby financial report
    • MITNPS-37 - Users able to create new lobby registration without uploading document
    • MITNPS-42 - Error when entering winter report
    • Reactivating terminated registration does not work
    • YTD totals not updating for users
    • Itemized expenditure totals overwriting summary totals
    • Non-registered employee letter erroneously generated
    • Missing workflow buttons on backend for new registration
    • MiTN registration issues due to “active date”
    • System exception when accessing existing registration
    • System fees generating in error

Contribution Analysis Search

    • Searching by contribution information searches all fields. For example, searching for First Name = George, Last Name = Washington will include results of addresses on Washington St.
    • Improved search queries and back-end infrastructure to reduce timeouts
    • Enabled ability to search by contributor information (e.g., Name, Address, Employer)
    • Ability to search across multiple statement years
    • Fixed ability to download spreadsheets when requesting results in spreadsheet format
    • Queries are limited to 25,000 records
    • Restoring ability to search by contribution total

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MiTN User Guide for Lobbyists

MiTN contact and transaction importing instructions

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

  • Yes.

  • No. The MiTN system is web-based and will be made available at no charge to all users.

  • Yes. This software will be used by Candidate Committees, Political Action Committees, Independent PACS, Party Committees, Ballot Question Committees, Lobbyists and more.

  • Yes. Since your contacts are stored in your computer and the MiTN system is web-based, you may upload your contacts into MiTN. You can find information on importing contacts at MiTN contact and transaction importing instructions.


  • No. The system will be web-based.  A link to the system will be made available after launch.

  • Yes, but the report transmission will differ.  As a note, the State has already sent file formats to the known software vendors to aid your export of reports.

  • All users of the system will be required to utilize a MiLogin password.  MiLogin is a single user ID that connects users to all State of Michigan services.  You may already have a MiLogin ID for renewing your driver's license, viewing your state tax return status, or applying for health benefits. Lobbyists who employ lobbyist agents and businesses who provide campaign finance filing services who have employees may need to utilize a MiLogin for Business.

  • Businesses who provide campaign finance filing services who have employees and committees may need to utilize a MiLogin for Business.  This system will be best suited for this use and will be best utilized for firms filing multiple committees.

  • If you don’t already have a MiLogin, you can obtain one now.

  • The week of December 12, 2024, the BOE will initiate a soft launch of three of the major reporting functions of MiTN:  This will include Lobbyist Disclosure, Casino Interest Disclosure and Legal Defense Fund Disclosure.  In early January, the BOE will train users on the system for reports due on January 31.

  • The state’s existing campaign finance system (MERTS) is antiquated and originated more than 20 years ago.  The new system will be web based, integrate all disclosure functions, including lobby and personal financial disclosure, and allow for easier modifications as statutes change.