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League of Women Voters hosts redistricting program

ESCANABA — The Delta County Chapter of the League of Women Voters (LWV) will host a redistricting in Michigan presentation 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, at Bay College Heirman University Center, Room 903. League members Molly Campbell and Mary Cary Crawford will be the evening’s presenters.

The session will cover:

– The requirements and process for drawing of congressional district lines.

– How the process can be corrupted, impacting elections.

– Alternatives to Michigan’s current method of drawing congressional district maps.

– Update on effort led by Voters Not Politicians to place the issue of how Michigan establishes congressional districts on the 2018 ballot.

– A lawsuit filed by the Michigan LWV. The group is suing the Michigan Secretary of State over how the state creates electoral maps.

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