New Michigan House map remedies racial concerns that led to redraw, special master says
Lansing — A new Michigan House map redrawn under court order is "narrowly tailored" to address the constitutional flaws identified and ordered corrected by the federal court, a special master told the three-judge panel Friday.
The changes implemented to 15 House districts in the redraw by Michigan's Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission are "considerable" in scope, but appear to comply with the federal court's order to redraw the map without undue consideration given to race, said Special Master Bernard Grofman, a University of California, Irvine, professor appointed by the court to review the redrawn legislative district boundaries.
"There are always multiple ways in which maps can be drawn," Grofman said. "I did not identify major flaws with the (Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission) map that would suggest it failed to address the race-related constitution concerns of the court.
"From my social science perspective, I view the MI-IRC as having been able to address and remedy the race-related constitutional defects in its previous map, but the decision as to whether its remedy is an adequate one is, of course, a legal decision for this court."
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