The three-judge panel gave state lawmakers until Aug. 1 to come up with a new plan, or the court will draw up the boundaries for the 2020 elections.
the gavel of a judge in court. located on a desk. By Eli Rosenberg Eli Rosenberg General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow April 25 at 5:58 PM Federal judges ordered the state of Michigan to draw new legislative districts on Thursday, after finding that a gerrymandered plan enacted by the state’s Republican dominated legislature in 2011 constituted an “extremely grave” constitutional violation.
“Evidence from numerous sources demonstrates that the map-drawers and legislators designed the Enacted Plan with the specific intent to discriminate against Democratic voters,” the panel wrote in its decision. The violations were so severe, the panel said, that all of the state Senate districts in the plan would need to have special elections, meaning that some lawmakers’ four-year terms would be cut short.
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