Historic | For first time, citizens begin drawing Michigan voting districts
An independent commission of 13 people is tasked with the assignment after a 16-site listening tour where they learned how voters wants the districts re-drawn. Author: Matt Gard Updated: 11:25 PM EDT July 1, 2021
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Michigan is one step closer to having its Congressional, state house, and state senate districts being drawn by ordinary citizens, instead of state lawmakers, for the first time ever.
In 2018, Michigan voters passed a ballot initiative that gave a 13-member panel the opportunity to decide how voting districts would be drawn. That commission is made up of five independents, four Democrats, and four Republicans. They wrapped up a 16-site listening tour at DeVos Place Thursday night.
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Appearing at a Port Huron public hearing may have been the biggest thing these people had in common Tuesday.
Dozens of residents from around the Thumb offered comment this week on anything from their own views of the region’s communities of interest to how those communities should be grouped together to the state commission tasked with redrawing Michigan’s political boundaries
In many cases, speakers disagreed on what factors members of the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission should consider before they finalize new lines for more than 100 congressional, state House and state Senate districts.
Although they’re asking the Michigan Supreme Court for a longer timeline, the commission currently must finalize new boundaries with public input by Nov 1.