WATCH: Redistricting commission kicks off upcoming public hearings
Michigan Department of State
and last updated 2021-05-10 16:26:49-04
LANSING, Mich. â The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission held a press conference Monday morning to kick off a series of 16 public hearings across the state, which will gather public comment on the stateâs new redistricting process.
The commission is charged with redrawing and adopting new boundaries for congressional, House and Senate voting districts.
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Michigan’s Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission officially begins its series of 16 public hearings across the state with the first to start in Jackson on Tuesday, May 11.
Back in 2018, Michigan voters agreed on the establishment of an independent body charged with redrawing and adopting new boundaries for Congressional, House and Senate voting districts.
MI residents are invited to the hearings to give the Commission opinion on their communities in order to inform the redistricting process as well as proposing new maps. Commissioners will be in attendance to answer questions and respond to comments.
The public hearing will be located at the American 1 Event Center, Tuesday May 11 at 6PM. Residents can view the meeting remotely through the Redistricting Michigan facebook page. More info can be found on their website, at http://michigan.gov/MICRC
Where and when will the redistricting commission s public hearings be held?
The Michigan Constitution requires the commission to hold at least 10 public hearings across the state before drawing any districts.
The commission has planned 16 public hearings that will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Each public hearing will run from 6 to 9 p.m. Social distancing will be enforced at the public hearings and masks will be required. Temperature checks required by venues or local health orders will be enforced, and those with a temperature above 100.4 degrees will not be allowed entrance.
Jackson Tuesday, May 11 at 6 p.m. (doors open at 5 p.m.) at American 1 Event Center, 128 W. Ganson St., Jackson.
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Michigan Redistricting Commission set times and dates for statewide public hearings at a March 30, 2021 meeting.
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The commission is also officially taking map suggestions through a new online comment portal.
Michigan’s Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission a group of five independents, four Republicans and four Democrats randomly selected from a pool of thousands of applicants is constitutionally obligated to redraw the state’s Congressional, state House and state Senate political district maps based on the latest U.S. Census data and a myriad of other criteria, including communities of interest.
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The Michigan redistricting process, which could have a direct effect on who represents Monroe County voters, has begun with a series of public hearings scheduled to begin next week.
Although none of the planned meetings are being held in Monroe or Lenawee counties, the eventual decisions may affect who represents those citizens in Washington, D.C., and Lansing.
It’s possible that when the process is complete, Monroe County could fall into U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell’s 12 congressional district. For decades, Monroe had been represented by her late husband, John Dingell, before being shifted into Rep. Tim Walberg’s district.