Michigan’s voting maps illegally gerrymandered, judges rule
Three-judge panel said 34 of the 162 districts drawn by Republicans in 2011 violate Democratic voters’ constitutional rights
A three-judge federal panel ruled Thursday that Michigan’s congressional and legislative maps are unconstitutionally gerrymandered, ordering the state legislature to redraw at least 34 districts for the 2020 election.
The decision also requires special state senate elections to be held in 2020, instead of 2022 as scheduled.