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The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the Michigan Board of State Canvassers must certify conservative group Unlock Michigan’s petition signatures and move the group’s proposal to the GOP-controlled Legislature, which is expected to adopt it.
It is the second time the state high court made the ruling. In June it said that the board had to sign off on the campaign’s signatures to repeal the 1945 Emergency Powers of the Governor Act that allowed Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to issue her initial health orders during the COVID-19 pandemic last spring. Those emergency orders were opposed by many GOP lawmakers, business organizations and right-wing groups.
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LANSING, Mich. The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday denied a request to extend the deadline for drawing new legislative and congressional maps despite a delay in census redistricting data.
The Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission, whose members have been meeting since September 2020, asked the court in April to allow for more time to draw the maps.
The current deadline for an initial proposal is Sept. 17, but the U.S. Census Bureau does not expect to have tabulated data ready for the public until Sept. 30. The commission asserts that the census data is necessary to draw fair and lawful maps.
The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday denied a request from the state s redistricting commission for a deadline extension to propose and adopt new political maps.
The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission had proactively petitioned the court for new deadlines in light of an unprecedented six-month delay in the Census data the commission will use to draw new districts.
In a concurring statement attached to the court s order, Justice Elizabeth Welch acknowledged that through no fault of its own, the commission is in the unenviable position of undertaking its inaugural redistricting cycle without the full benefit of tabulated decennial census data.
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