House Redistricting Maps Approved

House Redistricting Maps Approved

Redrawn Michigan House of Representatives district maps were approved by a federal judicial panel this week, setting up the political districts that will be used in this year’s election and until the next census. At the end of last year, the U.S. District Court in...
House Districts Ordered Redrawn

House Districts Ordered Redrawn

A three-judge panel in the U.S. District Court in Western Michigan ruled that seven contested Michigan House districts must be redrawn in the coming weeks. This is part of the ongoing legal challenge to the political districts that were drawn in 2020 by Michigan’s...
New Redistricting Commissioners Selected

New Redistricting Commissioners Selected

The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission has three new members after selections were held this week, following the resignations of three members last month. As required by the Michigan Constitution, the Michigan Department of State held a...
Change to Counting Incarcerated People Proposed

Change to Counting Incarcerated People Proposed

Under legislation proposed by Senator Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit), a person would be counted by their pre-incarceration address, not the address of the prison, during a population count. Key Points: The Department of Corrections would collect a person’s...