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LANSING — Voters, start your engines. Michigan's Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission kicks off its first round of public hearings this week, a milestone for the new commission charged with drawing Michigan's political districts for the upcoming decade.
The commission has scheduled 16 public hearings around the state, including one at 6 p.m. May 27 at the Lansing Center, 333 E. Michigan Ave. The full schedule is available on the commission's website, michigan.gov/micrc.
The constitution states commissioners must hold at least 10 of these hearings throughout the state in order to explain the new redistricting process and hear ideas from the public about their plans. They must hold a second round of hearings after drawing potential maps for congressional, state house and state senate districts.