Six months before Michigan's voters can put the new maps to the test, a barrage of partisan legal challenges threatens to blunt an achievement praised by the likes of former Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Democratic Pres. Obama.
Katie Fahey of Grand Rapids, Mich., sparked a grassroots movement to end gerrymandering in Michigan with a Facebook post in 2016.
Yvette McElroy Anderson, a longtime community advocate and field director of the Fannie Lou Hamer Political Action Committee, said the disappearance of majority Black districts will make it harder for minority candidates to get on the ballot. . Szetela argued that the new maps will enhance the power and influence of Black voters in more races and create more opportunities for representation. The two new congressional districts in metro Detroit would have roughly 44% African American voter representation.Rebecca Szetela of Canton Township, Mich., is a lawyer, mother of four and political independent who volunteered to chair the state's first Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission.
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