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.
أغسطس 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
ديسمبر 1, 2019
Michigan legislature and Governor must approve budget to fund the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission for Fiscal Year 2020.
Applications available
يناير 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
أبريل 1, 2020
Applications close
يونيو 1, 2020
Application period closes – applications to serve on Commission must be submitted to SOS by this date.
Secretary of State weights applications
يوليو 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
أغسطس 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
سبتمبر 1, 2020
SOS randomly draws 13 applicants to serve on the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (4 Republicans, 4 Democrats, and 5 unaffiliated).
Commission convenes
أكتوبر 15, 2020
Commissioners must meet and start their work together.
FY 2021 redistricting budget approved
ديسمبر 1, 2020
Michigan legislature and Governor must approve budget to fund the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission for Fiscal Year 2021.
Commission holds public hearings
يناير 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
فبراير 1, 2021
Michigan’s official census data is expected to be shared by the federal government.
Final maps
نوفمبر 1, 2021
Last day for Commission to adopt final maps.
Primary Election Day
أغسطس 2, 2022
First statewide primary election that uses the Commission-drawn election maps
Election Day
نوفمبر 8, 2022
First statewide general election that uses the Commission-drawn election maps.