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The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission approved a process for voting on final maps for legislative district lines at its meeting Thursday.
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The Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on efforts by the state’s redistricting commission to keep a meeting with its legal counsel out of public view.
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The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission has come under fire for holding a closed-door meeting and refusing to release memos and a recording of the session.
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The state’s Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission is in the middle of its final public comment period before voting on political maps that will remain in place for the next decade. The commission is also facing a lawsuit from several news organizations and the Michigan Press Association.
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Three news organizations and the Michigan Press Association are suing the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission, and they’re taking their case directly to the state Supreme Court.
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A recent opinion from the state Attorney General says the commission likely shouldn’t have discussed the memos on historical discrimination and the Voting Rights Act behind closed doors during an October 27th meeting.
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The opinion relates to an October 27th closed-door meeting of the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission. The stated reason for the closed-door session was to discuss voting rights and the history of race discrimination in Michigan with the commission’s legal counsel.
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After an upcoming public comment period, the commission will meet in late December to choose the state’s next state Senate, House, and Congressional district lines from 15 published maps.
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Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission member M.C. Rothhorn says a public process has led to better maps.
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Michigan’s Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission is getting close to finalizing new political maps for the state’s House, Senate and congressional districts.