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The results of the 2022 elections in Michigan were marked by a narrow Democratic sweep of all the major statewide offices and both houses of the state legislature. The election is also notable for its use of new districts, drawn for the first time by an independent commission.
Local officials in Michigan have rendered a mixed verdict on the state's new constitutionally mandated approach to redrawing electoral maps with the goal of reducing gerrymandering and promoting fairer elections.
Only 24% of local officials are satisfied with the work of the Michigan Independent
City councillors have five maps in their hands as they seek to redraw the political boundaries of the nine districts. But they still haven’t fully decided which route they want to take. Most of the 13-member Council met on Friday inside City Hall for nearly four hours, hearing from a Tufts University expert on redistricting and taking a knife to districts as a portrait of