The 2020 elections made clear that political parties, through the state’s archaic canvassing boards, exert potentially dangerous control over Michigan’s process for certifying results.
Michigan redistricting
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What Michigan’s redistricting commission could do now that maps are complete
Michigan’s redistricting commission has been done with maps for months. The panel’s attorneys have offered guidance on how to wind down.
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In redrawn districts, Macomb once again could decide Michigan power balance
The southeast Michigan county is anchoring its own congressional district, and the candidates reflect the region’s growing diversity. With Michigan losing a seat, it could prove pivotal.
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Michigan’s redistricting panel’s future uncertain, even though maps long done
Michigan’s citizen commission is still meeting — and getting paid. How much longer? Nobody knows.
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Michigan House redistricting maps survive suit claiming GOP ‘advantage’
New state House maps appear to be set for the next decade after the Michigan Supreme Court declined to take up a lawsuit alleging they will create an unfair partisan advantage for Republican candidates.
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Michigan redistricting commissioners reverse their own pay raise
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.
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Michigan redistricting panel sticks with pay raise despite fewer meetings
The maps are set to take effect this month, but one commissioner says the 7 percent raise is justified because the panel is his full-time job now.
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Michigan redistricting panel finished maps month ago. Why is it still meeting?
A constitutional amendment creating the citizen panel in 2018 didn’t specify when its work would end. Now, members are not only still convening, but giving themselves pay raises.
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Democrats fear redistricting could kill Black representation in Detroit
America’s Blackest big city may face a future without a Black representative in Congress, thanks to new political districts and competition among Democrats.