The group responsible for redrawing the boundaries of six Michigan Senate districts in the Metro Detroit area is asking for the public’s input at a series of meetings.

Have your say in the redrawing of legislative district maps.

The federal three-judge panel, which ruled 13 Metro Detroit State House and Senate seats violate the constitution and need to be redrawn, refused a request for a stay from the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission.

The saga over 13 Metro Detroit State House and Senate seats took a turn Thursday when the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission voted to appeal to the United States Supreme Court.

Yet another lawsuit is being filed over Michigan’s new district maps that would draw new lines for voters for the next 10 years.

If the newly redrawn Michigan political maps withstand legal challenges, it means Metro Detroit will have an open Congressional seat -- which is likely to bring in a gold rush of candidates.

For the first time in Michigan’s history, an independent commission of citizens have redrawn the state’s political districts.

The Michigan Redistricting Commission will start the process of voting on new voting districts for the next decade.

Lawmakers from both parties are asking Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel to investigate after a meeting of the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission held a closed session.

The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission held a public hearing in Downtown Detroit to ask people to speak up about congressional and legislative maps. The new proposed maps highlighting the new drawings are getting a lot of backlash.

Members of Michigan’s redistricting commission are urging residents to speak up about draft congressional and legislative maps.

An independent commission is drawing out Michigan’s new political maps, but time is running out to get the job done.

The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday denied a petition to grant relief to the state’s redistricting panel, who expects to adopt new congressional and legislative maps months later than allowed by the constitution.

The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission is comprised of four Republicans, four Democrats and five independents who were selected at random from a pool of more than 9,000 applicants. The commission is made up of people from most parts of the state, but most come from eastern Michigan and none live in the Upper Peninsula. Three of the 13 are not white, which is roughly in line with the percentage of non-white residents in the state. The commission will begin meeting in the fall and use census data to redraw lines by Nov. 1, 2021. The commission was formed after voters passed a state constitutional amendment in 2018 to allow an independent group of Michigan residents, instead of partisan legislators, to redraw the states electoral boundaries.

DETROIT Michigans Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals is denying to rehear cases filed by parties questioning the constitutionality of Michigans Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission. One lawsuit was filed by Michigan citizens claiming that the eligibility criteria to serve as a commissioner is unconstitutional. The plaintiffs appealed the cases after a district court initially denied the motions. The Sixth Circuit Court upheld the district courts decision in April, and again denied to rehear the cases Friday. The goal of Michigans Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission is to level the playing field through bipartisan redistricting.