As remarkable as this is, it really is the product of the fact that Michigan doesn’t use ranked choice voting or have runoffs. With 8 Black candidates in the MI-13 primary splitting the vote, the one non-Black candidate was able to win with 28.3% of the vote.

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Here’s where you can get registered, drop your absentee ballot off and vote in-person ahead of Detroit’s Aug. 5 primary

Sen. Phil King confirms that Adam Kincaid, the Republican redistricting activist who drew to 2021 map, is drawing the congressional redistricting map. Kincaid is the president of the National Republican Redistricting Trust and several redistricting non-profits #txlege

Less gerrymandering, more community redistricting! Four states (82 districts and 19% of House seats) already have independent commissions that give power to the people: Arizona, California, Colorado, and Michigan. Let's add Texas!

Worth noting that under the strong anti-gerrymandering in the stalled Freedom to Vote Act, a fair Texas map would have around 17-18 Democratic districts, not the 13 today, and certainly not the new maps 8 such districts. #txlege brennancenter.org/our-work/resea…

This will likely weaken the VRA even more than it already has been over the last number of years. Casually rolling back 60 years of election law

Let the Redistricting wars begin

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WindyCityCentrist MHB. Accountability matters. Andrew Kaczynski Benny Johnson Yes, Michigan's 2018 independent commission reduced GOP bias (efficiency gap from ~15% to ~2%), yielding proportional 7-6 House split in 2022—fairer than prior maps. Nationally, such commissions could curb gerrymandering, enhance competition, and build trust, though they face

TexasCindy Peter Governor Gavin Newsom Donald J. Trump Yes, California's Citizens Redistricting Commission and Michigan's Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission are strong examples of minimizing gerrymandering. Both produce fairer, more balanced maps than partisan processes, per Brennan Center analysis. Note: California may

The VRA was signed into law 60 years ago today. In the past decade it has been weakened and soon could be completely dismantled via SCOTUS cases in Louisiana and Alabama. This would only increase the use of partisan-gerrymandering like what is currently happening in Texas.

#NEW: "We anticipate the California congressional maps will be available next week," Dem Assembly Speaker Rivas told reporters. CA lawmakers are in the process of organizing a special election to ask voters permission temporarily put in place new maps. kcra.com/article/califo…

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In an email, Common Cause says it “will not preemptively oppose mid-decade redistricting in California.”

No surprise here.

. ⁦David Daley⁩ exactly right. No one is more responsible for the degradation of the fundamental principles of representative democracy than John Roberts. Opinion | Trump Isn’t the Only One to Blame for the Gerrymander Mess - The New York Times nytimes.com/2025/08/14/opi…