Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission

Michigan’s redistricting commission has been redrawing the boundaries to follow the lower court order while it awaited word from the high court

The commission has recently faced infighting. Further complicating things is a recent federal court decision requiring the commission to redraw over a dozen state House and Senate district lines

The suit alleges maps drawn by the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission violate the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the federal Voting Rights Act

The redistricting commission says it’s conducting a legal review to decide whether Commissioner Anthony Eid’s new job is a conflict of interest

Michigan’s redistricting commission says it’s already spent around 430-thousand-dollars since running out of money in October

Michigan’s redistricting commission is suing the state legislature for a little over 3-million-dollars in funding

The suit will allege violations of the U.S. Voting Rights Act and the state constitution. The No. 1 map-drawing criteria for the panel was to comply with the 1965 law, which bans discriminatory voting practices and procedures.

Under the current map, Republicans would win an extra 15.2% of seats in a hypothetical tied election. Their edge drops to 2.8% under the new plan based on an analysis of 2016, 2018 and 2020 election data, according to PlanScore, a project of the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center. The GOP has controlled the chamber for nearly 40 years.

Her signature last week came days after the state Supreme Court ruled against the panel in a test of a constitutional requirement that it conduct all of its business at open meetings.

The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday denied a request to extend the deadline for drawing new legislative and congressional maps despite a delay in census…