Please join us virtually from 7:00-8:30 PM on Wednesday, November 30. This event is FREE and open to the public.
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Michigan’s new approach to redistricting by an independent citizens commission has now come full circle, from signature gathering for the statewide ballot initiative in 2018 to strong statewide support in that fall’s election, creation of the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission, their work drawing new districts with extraordinary input from Michigan citizens, and now the new districts being used for the first time in the 2022 elections.
Join us for a final webinar in our redistricting series to look back at this consequential change in state policy and to review how this new approach played out this fall, including its impacts on races and election outcomes and how it compares to experiences in other states. We’ll hear from an expert panel covering these and related issues, including their reactions to audience questions.
Moderator: Matt Grossmann, Director, Institute for Public Policy and Social Research and Professor of Political Science at Michigan State University.
Panelists: Moon Duchin, MGGG Redistricting Lab; Zach Gorchow, Executive Editor and Publisher at Gongwer News Service Michigan; and Nancy Wang, Executive Director, Voters Not Politicians.
This webinar is sponsored by the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) at the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy, Voters Not Politicians (VNP), and Michigan State University’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR), with Co-sponsors: University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, League of Women Voters of Michigan, Program in Practical Policy Engagement, Gongwer News Service Michigan, and Detroit Public Television.
For more information, contact closup@umich.edu.