The Michigan State Court of Appeals 4-page decision Grebner v State can be read via this link. The 18-page dissent is at this link. Thanks to Thomas Jones for this.

The majority said that helping the two major political parties is a private benefit to those two parties. The dissent, on page 17, says, “While supporting (major) political party activities may serve the private purposes of those parties, such support is also a public purpose.” This thinking comes dangerously close to violating the Helsinki Accords. The United States pledged, when it signed the Helsinki Accords, that it would not “merge any political party with the government.”