The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission has voted 8-to-1 to appeal a federal ruling that ordered the redrawing of 13 metro Detroit state House and Senate districts.
Public comment was held before the vote Thursday. One woman would like to see the current maps go.
“I would just like to say as a concerned citizen, I would like to ask the commission to reflect on how much they have spend to date defending these racially generated maps because I think that it’s a huge issue and needs to be reflected on greatly.”
Last month, a federal three-judge panel ruled that the commission violated Black voters rights by improperly relying on racial data to redraw the 13 districts.
The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission was created by a vote of the people in 2018. Its purpose is to ensure legislative districts in the state are drawn fairly and not governed by political parties.
