The Headlines There’s no news on the redraw this week, as we await responses from both parties to the Reviewing Special Master’s report. The court’s final decision is due by next Friday, but we wouldn’t be surprised if it comes sooner than that, and will update you as soon as it does.  While Voters Not […]

The Headlines Last Friday was the deadline for the plaintiffs to submit any objections to the maps that the MICRC submitted to the court, and as expected, they had none. Now we are only waiting on the Reviewing Special Master’s report and final court approval to make the new state senate maps official. That means […]

The Headlines Late yesterday afternoon, the MICRC, after five rounds of single-choice voting and one round of ranked voting, chose the Crane A1 map as the remedial draft senate district plan to submit to the court. This map, which will be used for the first time in 2026 if approved, provides new opportunities for historically […]

The Headlines Today is the final day of the official public comment period in the state senate redraw, after months of outreach to residents by both Voters Not Politicians and the MICRC. Now the commission will need to take the feedback they’ve received from voters and use it to settle on a final map that […]

The Headlines I want to start this week’s update with a reminder that independent redistricting is still the best way forward for Michigan voters and those in other states! I was recently quoted alongside experts from Common Cause and the Brennan Center in an article from Democracy Docket that shows experts agree that a “politician-free” […]

Editor’s Note (06/10/2024): We want to clarify that we did not produce the Promote the Vote map scorecard that the Michigan Advance article mentions. We very much appreciate Promote the Vote’s analysis which informs our own, but uses slightly different data and metrics. The second paragraph under “The Headlines” has been revised to clear up […]

The Headlines This week, the Detroit News published a survey that shows many Michigan voters are dissatisfied with the condition of U.S. democracy. 68% — a shocking majority — of respondents are unhappy with our country’s democracy. We have made great strides in strengthening Michigan’s democracy over the past few years, but it’s clear that […]

The Headlines This week, the MICRC culled down their expansive list of draft maps and moved a total of 12 draft maps forward to the formal public comment period. Voters Not Politicians is concerned about the overall partisan fairness metrics of several proposed maps, but there are a few options submitted by individual commissioners that […]