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The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission has released a slate of draft maps for the Michigan House after being ordered to do so by a federal three-judge panel.
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request from Michigan’s Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission’s seeking to halt a redraw of the state’s legislative maps.
With a new year comes change, and voters in states across the country are dealing with laws both expanding and attacking voting and elections after a multitude of previously enacted bills went into effect on Jan. 1.
Michigan and Wisconsin will have new legislative maps in time for the 2024 elections after two separate courts handed down rulings in late December.
Yesterday, the Michigan Court of Appeals upheld two lower court rulings allowing former President Donald Trump to appear on the state’s primary ballot despite his involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
The Michigan Legislature passed a bill last week that would greatly build on the state’s current automatic voter registration system and expand access for formerly incarcerated individuals.
Amid a wave of attacks on election workers nationwide, the Michigan Legislature took action last week, passing a bill that would create criminal penalties for intimidating or obstructing election workers from doing their jobs.
Registering to vote could get much easier for young people in Michigan thanks to a bill that cleared the Legislature last night.
Today, trial begins in Agee v. Benson, a federal lawsuit brought by Black voters who are challenging Michigan’s state House and state Senate maps under the Voting Rights Act and U.S. Constitution.
On Tuesday, Oct. 24, the Michigan Senate passed legislation that would overturn an 1891 law that makes it a misdemeanor to hire transportation to take voters to the polls unless they are physically unable to walk.