 michigan political party disclosure change proposed last fall an attempt was made to qualify a sham political party calling itself the tea party and run candidates on the november ballot two men with ties to the oakland county democratic party have since been charged with election crimes and forgery how can scams like this be brought to light secretary of state ruth johnson has proposed changes designed to prevent fraud when new political parties try to get established in michigan read the full story at  wwwmlivecom politics indexssf 201103 michiganpoliticalpartydisclhtml 40  michigan political party disclosure change proposed  