April 25, 2024
The Michigan commission tasked with drawing the state's legislative maps voted Thursday to forgo a U.S. Supreme Court appeal of a ruling that it unconstitutionally used race to craft Detroit voting districts.
March 27, 2024
A Michigan federal court on Wednesday approved new state legislative districts in Detroit for this year's elections after striking down the existing map late last year because districts were drawn based on race.
March 11, 2024
Black voters are asking a Michigan federal court to reject a proposed replacement map for Detroit's voting districts drafted after the current map was ruled unconstitutional, slamming the proposal as an "incumbent protection plan" pushed by a political operative.
January 17, 2024
Residents who successfully challenged Detroit's voting maps want to veto a special master tapped to assess the state redistricting commission's retooled maps, saying his "deep professional and philosophical ties" to a commission attorney and Voting Rights Act expert will skew his analysis.
January 12, 2024
Michigan's redistricting commission asked the U.S. Supreme Court this week to pause a racial gerrymandering ruling that has left the group scrambling to redraw Detroit's legislative districts in time for this year's elections.
January 02, 2024
Detroiters said Tuesday the court overseeing their successful constitutional challenge to legislative district boundaries should order special state senate elections this year once new maps are in place, as they sparred with a state commission over who should get to draw them.
August 30, 2023
A state commission that draws Michigan's electoral maps will have to face Black voters' claims that new state House and Senate districts adopted in 2021 diluted their voting power.