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An assessment of Michigan's redistricting process


An assessment of Michigan's redistricting process

In the aftermath of the first election that used newly-drawn districts in Michigan, created by an independent citizen's commission, ...

50 State Report: Michigan Earns Above Average Grade for ...

LANSING, MI — Today, Common Cause, the leading anti-gerrymandering group, published a report grading the redistricting process in all 50 states ...

Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission

In late December, the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission completed their work and voted to adopt new district lines for Michigan's ...

What is Redistricting? How Did We Get Here?

This new Commission was tasked with drawing new district lines for. Michigan's Congressional, State Senate, and State House districts. The amendment also ...

Michigan Redistricting Project | Center for Local, State, and ... - closup

In November 2018, the citizens of Michigan passed Proposal 2, which amended the Michigan Constitution to place congressional and state legislative ...

Here's what we've learned from Michigan's independent redistricting ...

Michigan residents recently concluded a historic experiment in representative democracy. For the first time, the drawing of voting districts that will shape ...

Redistricting in Michigan after the 2020 census - Ballotpedia

Michigan's congressional district boundaries became law on March 26, 2022, 60 days after the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC) ...

Michigan Community Redistricting Report Card - Common Cause

Common Cause prohibiting federal courts from hearing partisan gerrymandering challenges, a federal district court in Michigan struck down maps ...

IPPSR Analysis Evaluates Proposed Redistricting Maps

A new Michigan State University analysis of the latest maps redrawing Michigan's congressional and legislative districts called Monday for attention to ...

Court Declares Michigan Independent Redistricting Commission ...

Citizens Protecting Michigan's Constitution v. Secretary of State 503 Mich. 42, 921 N.W.2d 247 (2018). VOTING KEY. Positive; Neutral; Negative.

Redistricting's effect on Black Representation in Michigan - IPPSR

Michigan had a historic midterm election following its first redistricting process under the Independent Redistricting Commission.

A Model for the Nation? Evaluating the State's New Maps and Process

Michigan Redistricting: A Model for the Nation? Evaluating the State's New Maps and Process. 1.6K views · Streamed 2 years ago ...more ...

Random Selection - State of Michigan

The Secretary of State must randomly select commissioners from the pool of eligible applicants. There are a three primary steps in that process.

Redistricting in Michigan: Past, Present, and Future

The year 2020 marks another United States Census. Michigan's population will be counted, and state legislative and congressional districts will ...

'Communities of Interest' and Michigan's New Redistricting Process

This webinar will address the process that the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC) is using to draw district maps for the U.S. ...

What Is the Future of Redistricting? Perhaps a Politician-Free ...

In 2018, Michigan voters rejected the traditional model of having state legislators create electoral maps. They chose a different method aimed at removing ...

About Us - State of Michigan

Mission: To lead Michigan's redistricting process to assure Michigan's Congressional, State Senate, and State House district lines are drawn fairly.

What Is the Future of Redistricting? Perhaps a Politician-Free ...

Contested electoral maps and years of litigation may underscore the need for a better redistricting process in U.S. states, legal experts ...

MCL - Article IV § 6 - Michigan Legislature

(1) An independent citizens redistricting commission for state legislative and congressional districts (hereinafter, the "commission") is hereby established as ...

The Attack on Michigan's Independent Redistricting Commission

The state's Republican Party is asking a court to go back to a system that results in egregious political gerrymandering.