Days after Michigan’s redistricting commission voted not to release memos used to craft legislative boundaries, Bridge and other news outlets ask the Michigan Supreme Court to make them public.
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Michigan redistricting panel opts for secrecy, won’t release voting memos
A citizen group created to end a closed-door process heeds advice of lawyers and keeps documents private.
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Voters Not Politicians to redistricting panel: Release Voting Rights Act memos
The 13-member redistricting panel, created in part to make the process more transparent, has declined multiple Freedom of Information Act requests by Michigan news outlets.
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Michigan redistricting attorneys: Don’t ‘acquiesce,’ keep memos secret
The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission will meet Thursday to decide whether to release documents used to draft majority-minority districts in southeast Michigan.
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Michigan redistricting panel doubles down, won’t budge on secret memos
Despite the constitution and an attorney general opinion, the independent panel says it’s not obligated to make public memos that helped shape southeast Michigan districts.
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Redistricting may oust half of incumbents in Michigan, analysis finds
For the first time in years, incumbency wasn’t a consideration in drawing new districts. That means dozens may have to face each other in legislative races, a Bridge analysis finds.
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Opinion | Michigan’s redistricting commission’s actions must be transparent
Complete transparency in the redistricting process is vital because the end result will impact the citizens of our state for years to come.
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Michigan redistricting panel should release secret memos, member says
A commissioner has changed his mind and now says the group may have been wrong to keep private memos that helped shape Detroit districts.
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Lawmakers, news outlets blast ongoing secrecy of Michigan redistricting panel
Michigan’s new political boundaries are being drawn in a more transparent fashion than in the past, but there are still questions being raised about documents hidden from the public.
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Michigan’s redistricting panel advances maps. Is Legislature shake-up next?
The state’s non-partisan citizens redistricting panel is less than two months from approving final new legislative boundaries that could alter the political makeup in Lansing and DC. They have proposed 15 maps, most of which could give Democrats an edge.