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

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

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

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

The Headlines This week the MICRC heard Voting Rights Act and partisan fairness analysis on the 33 draft map configurations. They also named several map variations with (at times controversial)

The Headlines This week, Voters Not Politicians was pleased to see that our work to reinforce the importance of partisan fairness appears to have made an impact on the MICRC,

The Headlines The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission has begun drafting potential remedial mapping plans for state senate districts in the Detroit Metro area. So far, VNP has some concerns.

The Headlines This week, both Voters Not Politicians and the MICRC launched the first phases of work in the state senate redraw process. VNP hosted a virtual Michigan Redistricting town

The Headlines A brand new legal filing in Agee v Benson is giving us a clearer picture of the next phase of this redraw process. Both parties in the case