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Amendment Timeline

Below is the timeline of Michigan’s first redistricting process under the redistricting reform amendment. The process will repeat every 10 years using new census data.

August 1, 2019

The Secretary of State’s office (SOS) has announced that it plans to open the Commissioner application period in late 2019. **An official date has not been announced at this time.**

FY 2020 redistricting budget approved

December 1, 2019

Michigan legislature and Governor must approve budget to fund the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission for Fiscal Year 2020.

Applications available

January 1, 2020

Last day for SOS to make Commissioner applications available statewide and to mail out applications to 10,000 randomly chosen voters, inviting them to apply for the Commission.

Census Day

April 1, 2020

Applications close

June 1, 2020

Application period closes – applications to serve on Commission must be submitted to SOS by this date.

Secretary of State weights applications

July 1, 2020

SOS discards incomplete applications and applications submitted by people who are disqualified from serving, such as current and recent politicians or party officials. SOS then uses statistical weighting and random selection to generate a pool of 200 applicants (40 Republicans, 40 Democrats, and 60 unaffiliated). List of 200 is submitted to the 4 legislative leaders — the majority and minority leader of the State House and the majority and minority leader of the State Senate.

Legislative leaders strike up to 20 applicants

August 1, 2020

The 4 legislative leaders may (but are not required to) each strike up to 5 applications from the pool of 200.

Final Commissioners selected

September 1, 2020

SOS randomly draws 13 applicants to serve on the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (4 Republicans, 4 Democrats, and 5 unaffiliated).

Commission convenes

October 15, 2020

Commissioners must meet and start their work together.

FY 2021 redistricting budget approved

December 1, 2020

Michigan legislature and Governor must approve budget to fund the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission for Fiscal Year 2021.

Commission holds public hearings

January 1, 2021

Commission must hold at least 10 public hearings before drafting plans and at least 5 public hearings to gather public feedback on proposed plans between January 1 and November 1.

Census data available to public

February 1, 2021

Michigan’s official census data is expected to be shared by the federal government.

Final maps

November 1, 2021

Last day for Commission to adopt final maps.

Primary Election Day

August 2, 2022

First statewide primary election that uses the Commission-drawn election maps

Election Day

November 8, 2022

First statewide general election that uses the Commission-drawn election maps.

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