Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission

On today’s Stateside podcast, we look at a couple of postmortem election stories. We get into the spiciness of election results and challenges and we also look at how redistricting has affected election outcomes.

The commission has requested that its $1.5 million in leftover funds from the previous year be carried over to pay for their legal needs.

Campaigns for Michigan’s state House and Senate have spent $29 million dollars on political ads in this election cycle so far. That’s the most in the nation, according to the group AdImpact.

The campaign that created a state independent redistricting commission is focusing now on the November races for public office. Voters Not Politicians’ political action committee plans to oppose candidates who are election deniers.

Today on Stateside, a new report highlights how candidates preferred by Black voters are unlikely to win primary elections due to redistricting. Then, Plowshares Theatre producing artistic director talks about future of live theatre after the pandemic. Also, the shutdown of the Abbott baby formula factory that kicked off a nationwide shortage stemmed from an incident with a stun gun. Finally, two treaties made by the US could lead to drastically different outcomes for Line 5.

Michigan's redistricting commission voted Thursday to request a review by the state auditor general.

Members of Michigan’s redistricting commission voted to give themselves a 7% cost-of-living-adjustment raise Thursday.

A member of Michigan’s redistricting commission is suing the group.

The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission released finalized district maps in December, which are scheduled to take effect for the next election cycle. Here’s what you need to know about how the districts will change and who's declared their candidacy so far.

The Michigan Secretary of State wants the state Supreme Court to speed up the timeline for a new political map if the state's redistricting commission loses a lawsuit.