Group seeks Michigan ballot proposal to end gerrymandering
LANSING — A group says it wants to amend Michigan’s constitution to end political gerrymandering of election districts, taking the job of drawing the districts away from politicians and putting it in the hands of an independent commission.
The group Voters Not Politicians would have to collect close to 316,000 valid signatures to get the proposed constitutional amendment on the November 2018 ballot.
"I think Michigan voters overall have been frustrated at points with their government," and "don't trust their elected representatives with drawing election maps," Katie Fahey, the group's president and treasurer, told the Free Press today.
The proposal would establish a 13-member independent citizens commission on which independent voters would have five members, and the two major parties would each have four.
Read more: http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/07/17/group-submits-michigan-ballot-proposal-end-gerrymandering/485228001/
