I am one of the co-founders of Voters Not Politicians. You may have heard about our group of political novices from across Michigan who came together and ended partisan gerrymandering
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
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.
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
A proposed new map for a half-dozen state Senate districts is on its way to a federal court for approval after a preliminary thumbs up Wednesday from Michigan’s redistricting panel.
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 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
In 2018, Michigan voters rejected the traditional model of having state legislators create electoral maps. They chose a different method aimed at removing extreme partisanship from the redistricting process. In
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
June 5, 2024 | Volume 6, No. 6 Hi friend, Before I get into the content of this month’s newsletter, I want to remind you that we will be transitioning
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