No. of Recommendations: 9
And the process of drawing the map should be overseen by non-partisan boards.
For decades, Michigan's districts were drawn by the legislature. Michigan is purple. Statewide offices, like Gov, AG, SecState, switch back and forth routinely. But the GOP had a lock on the legislature for 40 years, because, in the words of a judge ruling on a suit, the districts were "gerrymandered to a historic degree".
The only time I have ever signed a petition was when I was flagged down, while walking into a car show. The guy had a petition to put a proposal on the ballot to take redistricting away from the legislature, and give the authority to a independent board. Hell yes, I signed.
The measure became "Proposal 2" on the 2018 ballot, and was approved by a vote of 61% of We The People. The old GOP majority in Lansing immediately went into a lame duck session to try to invalidate the clear choice of We The People, and enact laws to prevent We The People from ever changing the state Constitution again. Seems they have failed, as the independent board's districts are still in use, and Michigan has a narrowly divided House and Senate, with leadership that flicks one way, or the other, just as the state wide offices shift.
Steve
