Voters to decide district drawing method

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Michigan voters will get to decide whether to change how their state’s congressional and legislative districts are drawn. The state Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit that challenged the anti-gerrymandering ballot measure, meaning it will go to a statewide vote in November. The constitutional amendment would entrust redistricting to an independent commission instead of the Legislature and governor. It is a bid to stop partisan gerrymandering, the process of a political party drawing electoral maps to maintain or expand its hold on power.