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The three-judge panel instructed the state redistricting commission to work quickly to redraw House maps so they can be finalized by the end of March. The timeline to redraw Senate maps is yet to be finalized.
One commissioner cried 'sabotage' after three others left during a closed session, leaving the commission without a quorum to take a vote.
The commission tasked with redistricting this time around is accused of racial gerrymandering. On Tuesday, a panel of three federal judges decided to send the issue to trial.
Michigan redistricting commissioners had already finished drawing new political maps when they gave themselves a pay raise in February. Now, they’re reversing the raise as they consider disbanding for the decade.
The raise came two months after the commission approved new maps for congressional races, the state House and the state Senate.