Michigan redistributing map done, helps Dems

[MichMan]

1. Some Dems are threatening to sue

"The new districts at both Congressional and state legislative levels pit incumbents against each other, realign traditional political boundaries and make changes some Michiganders have long asked for, including making a Lansing-centric Congressional district and uniting the city of Flint into the same political districts.

But their maps also slashed the number of districts where a majority of residents are Black, despite Detroit’s status as the nation’s largest Black-majority city.

Although commissioners and their counsel have adamantly defended the maps’ compliance with the Voting Rights Act, many Detroit public officials, community organizers and activists have called the commission’s analysis into question, arguing the current district configurations will jeopardize Black residents’ ability to elect Black lawmakers and erode the city’s presence in the state Legislature."