Map: Detroit Districts focus of Southeast Michigan Redistricting Trial 2023

Here are the Michigan legislative districts mapped by Will Ferguson that the U.S. District Court ruled will be allowed to go to trial on grounds that their drawing violates the Voting Rights Act. If the lawsuit succeeds it is likely that much of Southeast Michigan will again be redrawn to be more compliant.

This is part of the issue raised by Black voter groups decrying the loss of Black political representation in Michigan. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is calling for a Michigan Voting Rights Act.

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