VNP Update: August 15, 2025
The Headlines This week the “Gerrymandering Wars” continued to escalate, a clear sign that our democracy is on the ropes. As politicians double down on anti-democratic schemes, voters continue to
August 15, 2025
The Headlines This week the “Gerrymandering Wars” continued to escalate, a clear sign that our democracy is on the ropes. As politicians double down on anti-democratic schemes, voters continue to
The Headlines The Eighth Circuit is once again taking power away from voters and tearing apart the Voting Rights Act. The Justice Department’s Civil Rights division is facing a “mass
November’s elections will be the first time voters in Wilmington, Delaware, cast their ballots in city council districts that aren’t distorted by the location of prisons. That’s because the city
The Headlines As expected, the federal court has officially ordered the map submitted by the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission to be adopted and used for Michigan State Senate elections
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
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.
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
Only one-fourth of draft Senate district voting plans were fairer than a previous, unconstitutional map from 2021, a coalition of Michigan advocates found in a new analysis. Jamie Lyons-Eddy, executive
This week, members of the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC) finished drawing up 12 options for their second attempt at redrawing six state Senate districts. It’s a new process
Last month, we updated you on the latest developments in the court-ordered redraw of Detroit-area Michigan House districts. Since then, the court approved the maps submitted by the Michigan Independent
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