Michigan Redistricting

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a request from Michigan’s redistricting commission to overrule an order to redraw 13 Detroit-area seats in the Legislature.

There's a chance the new map drafts will be discarded before they're ever used, as the commission is appealing the court ruling that ordered it to draw new districts.

A federal court has laid out a timeline for Michigan’s redistricting commission to finish redrawing seven state House district maps the court declared unconstitutional.

An inquiry from Michigan’s redistricting commission found no violations over a job offer from an advocacy group to one of its members. But not everyone's satisfied.

Michigan’s redistricting commission could face a budget shortfall after this April if state lawmakers don’t appropriate more funds.

Michigan’s redistricting commission found out it’s likely facing a projected budget shortfall of over a million dollars—and gave itself a raise today.

A Voting Rights Act-based challenge to Michigan’s new legislative maps will not get its day in court after all.

A group of Michigan Republicans, including some current and former state representatives, have sued to block the state’s new congressional map, saying it's constitutionally flawed because of population deviations, too much splitting of municipal lines and the carving up of “communities of interest.”

Debates over fairness are raging as a citizen-led panel hears feedback on newly proposed political maps.

The group that helped create Michigan’s Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission is critiquing the first drafts of maps recently approved by the commission.Voters Not Politicians Executive Director Nancy Wang spoke at a virtual media briefing Friday, October 15. She says there’s still work needed to make the maps more fair.