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May 10, 2021
In 2018, voters in Michigan agreed to give an independent redistricting commission the ability to redraw Michigan’s districts, based off new Census data.
The full data set will not be available until later this summer but the commission begins public hearings this week.
For decades, the legislature were the ones that drew the districts for Congress and the State House and Senate, but now it’s going to the people.
“This opportunity to do this is historic truly,” said Jim Schwantes, Supervisor of Centerville Township in Leelanau Township.
Starting Tuesday, the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission will begin holding public comment hearings, twice weekly, to hear from Michiganders before they begin the district drawing process.
Michigan public can partake in redrawing district boundaries starting today
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LANSING, Mich. - Michigan s new redistricting commission is now taking public comments and will host a series of hearings across the state as it looks to redraw the state s congressional and district boundaries.
Voting advocate groups are encouraging people to participate in one of the 16 public meetings that will take place across the state as the commission embarks on the state s first phase of redistricting without the input of the legislature.
Michigan redistricting commission to hold 16 public meetings; here are dates & locations
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(WXYZ) â Michigan s new redistricting commission will begin taking public comment as it prepares to draw lines for 13 congressional districts and 148 Michigan legislative seats for the next 10 years.
In all, the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission will hold 16 hearings, the first starting Tuesday, and running through July 1.
âThe new redistricting process ensures that redistricting occurs in an open and transparent manner with the opportunity for statewide participation. Communities of interest for the first time are going to have a voice to prevent gerrymandering and to prevent the division of neighborhoods for partisan gain, which can harm communities,â said Rebecca Szetela, vice-chair of the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission.
May 11, 2021
LANSING (AP) Michigan’s new redistricting commission is set to begin taking public comment as it weighs how to draw lines for 13 congressional and 148 legislative seats that will last for a decade.
The series of 16 hearings will start Tuesday in Jackson and end July 1 in Grand Rapids.
The panel which has four Democrats, four Republicans and five independents will create maps instead of the Legislature after voters’ approval of an anti-political gerrymandering constitutional amendment in 2018.
“The new redistricting process ensures that redistricting occurs in an open and transparent manner with the opportunity for statewide participation. Communities of interest for the first time are going to have a voice to prevent gerrymandering and to prevent the division of neighborhoods for partisan gain, which can harm communities,” said Rebecca Szetela, vice-chair of the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission..