This map is completely bonkers. This should not be adopted at all. Birmingham and Detroit in the same district? Madison Heights and Detroit in the same district? I live in Detroit. I visit both of those communities often and like them. But they are not culturally compatable.

Another awful plan that splits Oakland County into too many small pieces.

This map makes no sense. Grosse Pointe should not be split in two. North Central/East Detroit should not share a district with Macomb Co. suburbs. All of GP, Harper Woods and the following Detroit east side neighborhoods should be in a district: East English Village, Morningside, Jefferson Chalmers, Cornerstone Village. Districts should be built around communities of a shared interest.

This district favors Republicans and takes representation away the East Side of Detroit. What does a sliver of the overwhelmingly Democratic East side of Detroit have in common with any of the more conservative Macomb County suburbs? Districts are supposed to be made around communities of shared interest. Representation would be taken away from the East side of Detroit with this district map.

This district favors Republicans and takes representation away from Harper Woods and the East Side of Detroit. Grosse Pointe also has been trending more Democratic when looking at the 2020 election results and should not be broken into two Districts. Districts are supposed to be around communities of shared interest. New Haven and New Baltimore are very different from the urban, inner ring suburbs of Harper Woods and Grosse Pointe. District 7 should start at the Macomb Co. boundary line.

This map is too favorable to Republicans

During the 10/22 Redistricting Commission meeting in Grand Rapids, several suggestions were made to improve the north Grand Rapids district 24 to much improve the Communities of Interest aspect. The suggestions were to remove the four Ottawa County townships included in the district that have no commonality with Kent County Grand Rapids and suburbs and add Cascade Township adjacent to Ada Township because of its close relationship with the core six cities. The map supplied showing these suggestions ( https://davesredistricting.org/join/43230428-2697-4c99-9a2c-e09ee77863d1) has been expanded show how to integrate this map with the Elm 199, Cherry 220, and Spruce 226 map configurations without changing the remainder of the state Senate districts outside this region. Map ( https://davesredistricting.org/join/ebc896af-6efa-41f6-ab96-7b52d94fb43a) details slight reconfigurations of the adjacent three out of six districts to integrate this configuration without disturbing the remainder of the state map. The four Ottawa County townships were moved from district 24 to district 33. They could not be incorporated into Ottawa County district 22 because Ottawa has too large a population to have a complete Senate district unless Holland City is removed. Thus, District 22 (Ottawa County) was not changed. Also, District 34 (Muskegon County) was not changed and the South side Grand Rapids district 23 remains as is. Cascade and Algoma townships that are closely tied to the six city Grand Rapids core in Kent County were added to district 24, District 20 was changed to incorporate more townships south of Kent County and District 3 was changed to include some parts of Ionia County that were previously in District 33. Changes to these districts maintain or improve their commonality of culture and characteristics. In summary, the improved Community of Interest configuration of district 24 on the north side of Grand Rapids was implemented with minimal changes to the surrounding districts and maintains the remainder of the state Senate map as is.

Prison gerrymandering is a blight on democracy; move prison populations to overpopulated districts.

No map that splits up the Grosse Pointes is acceptable to anyone who lives in Grosse Pointe. They are clearly a community of interest, and surely have more in common with St. Clair Shores than any other nearby community.

To address prison gerrymandering, move the prison population to an overpopulated district.

To address prison gerrymandering, move the prison population to an overpopulated district.

Please move the prison population to an overpopulated district to address prison gerrymandering.

Rural Ottowa areas should not be combined in with West Grand Rapids, an urban area.

Superior Township (Washtenaw co) has nothing in common with the population of Plymouth (Wayne Co) and South Lyons (Oakland Co). School, county services, and taxes go to different counties to support those service. It would be impossible for a representative to fairly represent this current map. Please remove Superior Township from district 11 and add it to district 27.

It is shocking how Flint is divided up so that Districts 2, 4, and 15 have very low numbers of Black voters. Black voters should not be packed into a district to limit the number of potential Black elected officials, and neither should they be cracked into small numbers in many districts to dilute their vote.

As an independent voter , this is a plan for Midland city and Midland county that I cannot support. Midland city and county should be in the same district and have serious flood issues and other interests more aligned with the counties to the north and west of city and county.

Thank you for your hard work on the State Senate maps. Although Cherry seems fairest, it still leans Republican in a lean-Democratic state and needs further adjustment. For instance, District 27 packs Democrats into one oddly-shaped district because it joins Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. For fairness, these two should be split into separate districts that include more of their suburbs and surrounding rural areas.

The City of Burton should not be split for Senate Districts. Lapeer County should not be included in a district with Northern Genesee County. The City of Burton is a community of interest that has never been split for the State Senate districts.

While I’m happy that Troy was not split into different districts, I think our community interests are more compatible with cities to the south like Clawson, Royal Oak and Birmingham than those north of Rochester.

This map is marginally better than Elm. Is there a problem with dropping the cities in Macomb County and adding Clawson and Birmingham, both established cities with similar infrastructure and educational needs? If we're going to make our spending more effective, the best way is for each city in a Senate district to have similar needs.

The partisan distribution in the accompanying data file makes no sense; each of 38 senate districts contain > 1.2 million voters: impossible. Clearly, Ann arbor needs to be unpacked. I would split it into east/west districts. Living on the east side, our interests often overlap with Ypsilanti: St Joe hospital, shopping on Carpenter, EMU events, Growing Hope, WCC and other overlapping interests (roads, intersections, police). The west of Ann Arbor is more aligned with Scio township, Barton Village, Dexter and Chelsea. For the 36 years I've lived here, my Democratic vote has been wasted in the Michigan Senate. The wasted vote in Ann Arbor is huge and I'm sure the 'Voters not Politicians' envisioned unpacking this city. That's what I voted for. Fix this.

Van Buren and Allegan should be kept whole and together for the Senate as a community of interest. They share many functions of government as well as a large Hispanic population. Both are rural, agriculture and tourism based economies with many similar small towns through the counties. Aside from being a community of interest, together, they fit nicely as about 2/3 of a Senate district and could take in other parts of similar rural or coastal counties. Holland would be a good fit, Barry County would be another. Van Buren and Allegan have much more in common with each other than they do with the "Michiana" border counties.

Please move the prison population in Ionia to an overpopulated district to address prison gerrymandering.

As a lifelong resident of Genesee County I am disappointed at being redistricted onto Livingston County.

I am wondering where my comments are going? I have tried multiple times to challenge these maps on the basis of splitting a county - which is one of the criteria explicitly stated in the Constitutional Amendment. I happen to be a Midland County Commissioner in District 7 which is 100% in the city. Having said that, almost 95% of what I do as a commissioner impacts the county as a whole - including advocating for grant money, ARPA money, and delivery of mandated COUNTYWIDE SERVICES keep the county whole!

This map combines coastal NW lower MI with the eastern UP but includes more inland areas than AFL Fair Maps. AFL Fair Maps combines coastal tourist and fruit farming and less large scale farming (found inland); Also the AFL fair maps is less partisan biased so is preferable.

This Cherry map is the best senate map overall. However, this map over-corrects for the packed majority-minority districts of Detroit. Please look at map o 6159 to create Detroit area districts that are closer to majority-minority.

This map over-corrects for the packed majority-minority districts of Detroit. I believe this commission is working hard to ensure that all Michiganders have fair representation and to make racial gerrymandering a thing of the past. However, all of your draft maps accept the questionable premise that majority-minority districts can be reduced to 40% minority and still have a fair chance to elect minority representation. In fact, out of 148 total seats in Michigan’s House and Senate, only three majority-white districts are represented by Black legislators. In addition, Section 2 of the voting rights act requires that at least the same number of minority opportunity districts in a previous redistricting plan be drawn in a new redistricting plan. Please revise the Detroit Senate districts as presented in map o 6159 submitted by Promote the Vote. #ptv

Looking at the way Detroit is divided none of the districts have a majority of African Americans. It is possible that the residents of Detroit could have no African American representation

The residents of Farmington Hills will not share many of the issues that residents of wixom, New Hudson Salem or Worden. I see this a leading to tensions and divisiveness.

I don't like the idea of why you folks would want to attempt to fix something that's not broken. I'm worried Grand Rapids will not get it's FAIR representation. Grand Rapids is very diverse and my family like it like that. I think Grand Rapids should be a whole. It's starting to look like a jigsaw puzzle for no purpose as I can see.

Due to multiple common interests (schools, library, community center) Farmington Hills and the City of Farmington should remain in one district. Splitting Farmington Hills itself makes no sense at all!

Muskegon and North Muskegon should be included with Grand Haven. The population has more in common with these more suburban areas than with the mainly rural areas to the north.

Please keep Farmington~Farmington Hills together ...Many reasons ...long family and cultural histories between these two regions and many longterm residents have much pride and committment to the well being collectively of our twin-cities ...the last gerrymander to separate the communities was never liked 2 Farmington and Farmington Hills combined makes a state House district. Farmington and Farmington Hills should be united in a district. We share a school district and library system and many community endeavors. Farmington Hills should not be split in two.

Another dilution of majority minority districting, please revise

This plan dilutes a majority minority district that could be comprised solely within Detroit.

There is no possible way that Detroit and Birmingham share any commonality aside from Woodward Ave. This appears to dilute what should be a majority minority district comprised of Detroit

This map artificially cuts the city of Midland away from our county and watershed neighbors. It will be a massive effort to re-build the dams and lakes which directly flow into and affect the city of Midland. Please keep Midland whole and with our watershed partners who are our true community of interest. Tri cities is a legacy name with no meaning anymore. Saginaw and Midland couldn't be further apart in their needs. Please get rid of this map.

Dislike because separate Farmington and Farmington Hills. Same SCHOOL SYSTEM and LIBRARY SYSTEM and MANY ORGANIZATIONS.

In 2020, in Michigan, Democratic voters had 53% of votes, it seems these maps should lean toward democrats having more representation than republicans. This map does not reflect that fact.

It appears to me that many cities and neighborhoods are divided and many communities that have no common interests are combined. I'm also very concerned that all of the maps are skewed to favor Republicans and particularly will dilute the voices of Detroit residents and other communities of color. The State Senate and House maps need to be redrawn for better representation. I urge you to please check for partisan fairness as our state needs and deserves balanced, unbiased, fair maps in compliance with the VRA.

This, and the other two currently proposed Senate maps, lump Battle Creek and Calhoun County together with Barry County and areas to the NW with whom we share very little. As previously commented and testified to, our strongest COI lies with Kalamazoo and Albion along the I-94 Corridor. There are other maps available that honor this COI. Please consider those instead.

I encourage the Commission to keep the City of Grand Rapids whole within one State Senate district. The current map splits Grand Rapids into two districts. Grand Rapids is small enough to be drawn into one State Senate district and should not be split. Instead, the Commission should draw a State Senate district on the western border of the county that incorporates the Grandville and Walker area, instead of with Grand Rapids and Kentwood. The residents of these three municipalities share a community of interest as their school systems overlap with each other and residents work and shop in neighboring municipalities. I would suggest the Commission adopt a State Senate plan that includes the City of Grand Rapids, East Grand Rapids, and Kentwood.

Having a district so big (29) next to a district so small (27) makes me think 27 --Ann Arbor--ought to be unpacked!

I wonder how one person can possibly represent the people of this district. Dems galore.

Omission of Taylor, Allen Park and Melvindale from the Downriver communities is wrong. They need to be aligned with Downriver, not portions of Dearborn/Detroit.

This appears to do exactly what we voted for the Commission NOT to do - pack Washtenaw Co. Democratic voters into an 80% Dem district. We need districts with less partisan lean.

Grouping Ann Arbor and Ypsi in this way packs a large proportion of Democrats in a really populous area of the state into a single district. Making this more geometric would be a better balance and less based on urban/party lines.

So many, many people addressed the idea of COI at the public hearing in Jackson. We sincerely asked that Jackson County not be swallowed up by Ann Arbor. These two areas could not be more disparate. It would be extremely challenging for one person to adequately represent such diverse interests - and those of Jackson County would most likely be ignored.

There is no reason to split a county, especially Midland County. We are connected via watershed to our neighbors to our west and north. The City of Midland is connected to the entire county, supplying municipal water, solid waste solutions, floodplain management. Keep Midland County Whole.

Commerce is more properly associated with suburban areas to the south and east. The way this map is drawn is highly favorable to more rural, Republican-leaning areas.

I am very confused as to why anyone on the commission would split up Berrien County. It makes absolutely no sense to me. This seems to be clearly a political move and I would like to know if there is any representation for SW Michigan within the commission? Berrien County is a vital county for commerce, tourism, interstate and part of the first line of defense for public safety protection from contraband and criminal activity coming in from Indiana via Interstate I-94. The county functions as a whole and dividing into a northern and southern half will only cause further disconnect between residents.

Commissioners--you still have work to do. The partisan lean needs to be closer to zero....isn't that the point of this whole exercise? This is not Texas, thankfully.

Keep northern Kent County together and separate from Ottawa County. Northern Kent County is really a bedroom community of Grand Rapids. Even our rural areas are more associated with people working in GR than with other rural areas of Ottawa County.

It makes no sense to carve up the Grosse Pointe communities in such a convoluted way. Also, these maps still tilt Republican, in a state that tends to lean Democratic in its voting. The party that gets more votes should have more seats. Please work to correct the partisan bias.

This is the worst map for State Senate district, as it cuts my neighborhood into two, and there is no regards to the neighborhood communities in the entire district. Please respec municipal and county boundaries.

The Gerald R. Ford International Airport is in Cascade Township, but is technically a part of Grand Rapids City. I suggest that Cascade Township is added to District 24, the metro Grand Rapids area, because it has much more in common with the northern suburbs of Grand Rapids. It is not a COI with parts of very rural Barry and Allegan counties.

Berrien county should not be split. Our community of interest is with Cass & St. Joseph counties. We share media, we share services, we share tourism (from surrounding states). These maps make it look like there is no one from west Michigan on the Commission as they do not reflect our communities of interest. Partisan fairness has no place in this process. We have this commission to avoid Gerrymandering. Please keep our county whole and we our "similar" neighbors in Cass and St. Joseph Counties.

All of the 38 district proposals fail to minimize county breaks as much as possible. There is no reason for a county to be split into 3 districts. This is a clear gerrymander. Also, you are diluting the African American representation. Please see my proposal: https://districtr.org/plan/48514

I strongly OPPOSE this map. My home town is Grosse Pointe Park. In this map, it has been split from the other Grosse Pointes and from the rest of the Lake St. Clair lakeshore. Grosse Pointe Park is a lakefront suburb and should be with the other lakefront communities in District 7 and not with industrial areas like District 6.

Washtenaw County voters should not be packed together in a 80% Dem district. The east and west side of the county has very different needs, in fact the needs of urban and rural east and west sides have more in common. Please do not pack washtenaw county into one district.

The intent is to make voting districts equitable and local. SD 27 will be heavily weighted to one party. It would be more fair if the map were down more square then rectangular to include more rural, but local voters. It is obvious this map is down to keep as many people in one party together. Please do better

These 4 Ottawa County townships are rural and do not belong in a community of interest with Metro Grand Rapids. These townships will be better served with the representation of the rest of Ottawa, rather than Kent County urban area.

This map packs all like-minded voters in one district -- need more representation.

This map of 27, 29, 31 is clearly biased. The map is packing voters who have different community interests (e.g., ypsi & Ann Arbor), and splitting others - like my neighborhood. Re-do the maps to make voting fairer - that was your job!!

I request the MICRC unpack this heavily Dem district. All voters should have an equal say in their representation.

This map packs democratic voters into the Ann Arbor/Ypsi area and republican voters in mine and other areas. Re-do the maps to equalize voting power in Michigan!!!!

I feel this map does not allow for Barry County to have a voice. the people of Kentwood, Grand Rapids and Battle Creek would out weigh our voice. They are not of like community of interest. we would be better lumped in with western Ingham County and parts of southern Ionia County.

This district that stretches from the west coast to the "far" east completely ignores the criterion of "communities of interest. Cut this proposed district down the center vertically and you might come somewhat close to something resembling a community of interest. It doesn't work for either side of the state. We just have different issues and we on the west don't work with those on the east in terms of municipal and government arrangements, nor social ones. We in the southwest corner go north to Kalamazoo and sometimes Holland or even Grand Rapids. We don't go east.

Kalamazoo and Battle Creek are communities of interest and should be grouped together in one district.

District 23 should include; East Grand Rapids, Kentwood, Wyoming, Cascade - all suburbs to Grand Rapids and in Kent County

I appreciate the committee keeping the tri cities together and agree with this proposed map. Please continue to work towards partisan fairness and to insure every Michigan citizen's vote counts.

don't concentrate like minded voters in one district

This map puts together Ann Arbor and Ypsi for a packed district rather than respecting differences and providing balanced representation.

In addition to eliminating the cohesion and identity we have now in Oakland County, all three of the senate maps takes a small chunk of Beverly Hills residents and moves them out of the Village and into some other town. You are breaking our own neighborhood community and connection to our village!

This district packs Democrats together. There should be a better way.

Independence Township and the remainder of the Clarkston area should be kept as whole as possible and added to this district.

Thanks for your hard work. Please don't split out City wards. Fulton St. should not be the boundary for this district. It should be Wealthy St. Wealthy is the boundary between the 2nd & 3rd Wards. Thanks.

Cascade Township is an integral part of Grand Rapids and should be in District 24

It seems like the goal of all three maps for state senate is to break up the city of warren. This is another map where the city is split vertically and has reach back into Detroit. Nothing of this helps to keep communities together. Would be better to have the largest third largest city in the state have their own district or more of their own districts.

It seems like the goal of all three maps for state senate is to break up the city of warren. This is another map where the city is split vertically and has reach back into Detroit. Nothing of this helps to keep communities together. Would be better to have the largest third largest city in the state have their own district or more of their own districts.

It seems like the goal of all three maps for state senate is to break up the city of warren. This is another map where the city is split vertically and has reach back into Detroit. Nothing of this helps to keep communities together. Would be better to have the largest third largest city in the state have their own district or more of their own districts.

The commission should ensure that districts are balanced.

This process is meant to correct for the gerrymandering that distorts Michigan's legislative priorities and processes. Creating a district that is 80% Democratic creates the effect of "packing," whether intended or not, and undermines the intent of the large majority that voted in favor of this initiative. Please reconsider.

Don't split the city of Burton. It is a community of interest that should be kept together. And it should not be put together with the different communities of interest in Lapeer County. Burton should remain with Clio and Davison.

Please do not pack Washtenaw County voters together in one district. It should be split for non-partisan fairness.

This district is one of the only proposed districts which currently spans across three counties. The Commission has not properly considered the communities of interest in Novi. The 8 Mile Corridor between Oakland and Wayne Counties provides an easy natural boundary line to draw. Milford and Commerce should be added to District 11, and Washtenaw County should be completely removed. These areas do not have shared resources, services, or community interests. Please keep working on this district.

Yet again there is no excuse for breaking up counties this way. Just another example of blatant gerrymandering.

District 11 needs more work. Novi, South Lyon and Milford should be together in District 11. These cities are all connected via I96 - shopping, restaurants, entertainment, etc. It seems this map includes part of Washtenaw county for no other reason then to add population - Instead of Washtenaw county, more of Commerce should be included in District 11 as part of Oakland county. Please keep working on this.

Gerrymandering is what this process is supposed to prevent. The two main methods of gerrymandering are colloquially referred to as "packing" and "cracking". If this district as drawn is 80% Democratic in our 50-50 state, how by any stretch of the imagination is that not packing Democrats in order to under-represent Democrats in other districts? Explain if you can, but so far it sure looks like you need to do MUCH better than this.

Please put Farmington and Farmington Hills together and don't split up Farmington Hills. We have a joint school board and library system, and many community activities. Farmington sits in the middle of Farmington Hills.

This proposal makes no sense for my neighborhood. This proposal separates me from the rest of my neighborhood, East English Village, and divides the neighboring communities of Morningside and Cornerstone Village. These 3 neighborhoods make up the Morningside, East English Village, & Cornerstone Village Community Advocates (“MECCA”) Development Corporation non-profit as well as the East Warren Development Corp. non-profit which focuses on the stretch between Mack and Alter encompassing all 3 neighborhoods. It is most important to me that our 3 neighborhoods remain intact within the new District boundaries. This proposal does not satisfy my needs and the needs of my community.

The commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in an 80% Democratic district.

Packs Democrats into one district, which is gerrymandering!

The commission should not pack this district in this manner - please choose equity in representation

The Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in a 8-% Democratic district,,

This map gerrymanders heavily democratic Dexter into a district with more republican rural districts, resulting in a representative who doesn't represent our needs or political desires in Washington. We want VOTERS and not politicians to determine our political maps.

This map is getting better, but if "communities of interest" are of chief importance, then there is still work to be done here. Novi has far more in common than the rural communities of Superior Twp and Washtenaw County. I also think it's unnecessary and overly complex to spread this district out across three very disparate counties - wayne, oakland and washtenaw. that seems excessive, please consider a more easterly extension of the map to include more "second ring" suburbs closely connected by school districts, infrastructre development zones and city and county boundry lines.

This map gerrymanders heavily democratic Dexter into a district with more republican rural districts, resulting in a representative who doesn't represent our needs or political desires in Washington. We want VOTERS and not politicians to determine our political maps.

Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in a 80% Dem district.

It appears that this map lines are discriminatory cutting up the black community in Detroit and Wayne County moving far across County lines. Brightmoor interests are totally different from someone living in Farmington. This is the same or worse than the republican drawn map from 10 years ago.

It appears that this map lines are discriminatory cutting up the black community in Detroit and Wayne County moving far across County lines. Detroiters interests are totally different from someone living on the other side of Oakland County. This is the same or worse than the republican drawn map from 10 years ago.

This drawing unfairly clusters Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti voters-- looks like straight-up gerrymandering.

This map concentrates Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti into a very Democratic district. Splitting the two into two or more districts would create more competitive districts with more responsive representation.

This is not a competitive district - too many dems. Consider extending the upper boundary farther north and separating Ypsi as others have suggested.

The Commission should not pack Washtenaw County voters together in a 80% Democratic district.

Appears to be attempting to concentrate certain types of voters into one district to limit their representation.

This puts essentially all the Democrats into one district. A fair map would be more balanced.

Packing all of the blue urban votes into districts instead of extending those districts out into adjacent rural areas does not result in evening out the Senate so that it better represents the 50/50 divide in the state. You need to do better in ALL of the adjacent rural/urban areas until that result is achieved. That is what the People voted for and why the MICRC exists!

Packing is a form of gerrymandering...just stop it

Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti have very different concerns about education, housing, health care and should not be packed into the same district.

The Cities of Flint and Burton are communities of interest that should not be split. All of Flint should be in one district. All of Burton should be in one district. Davison, Burton, and Clio are not a community of interest with Lapeer. This District should be redrawn to not extend into Lapeer County.

Too many Dems packed into one district!

Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti may be neighboring cities, but they are distinct communities whose interests and needs may be better reflected in separate constituencies rather than merged together to form a disproportionately heavy Democrat district.

Why spilt up this Virginia Park Historic District and Piety Hill neighborhoods both goes from Woodward to the Lodge Freeway?

This packing in of similar voter affiliation in one district seems counter-productive to what the commission should be doing. Isn't this like gerrymandering?

This Greater Lansing configuration breaks COIs and dilutes Republican voters. Biden only received 55% of the total vote among the 4 capital region counties, but these lines put everyone within those counties in senate districts he carried by wide margins. Please consider adjusting these two districts to better preserve the Lansing/East Lansing COI, reflect our region's political diversity, and creates at least one district that's on an even playing field for both parties.

The Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in an 80% Dem district.

This zig zagging configuration unfairly packs Washtenaw County voters of one party together in one district. Please change it.

Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor both have very high proportions of Democratic voters. They should not be packed into a single, completely uncompetitive district.

This doesn't look like a fair map at all. It packs Dems into Ann Arbor/Ypsi and Reps into the rural parts of the county. This doesn't lead to competitive elections.

The commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in an 80% Dem district.

This feels like an effort to reduce the impact of voters in Washtenaw county.

Appears to pack one party affiliation into one District. Isn't this just the kind of thing the commission was created to corect?

Washtenaw County should not be packed together in a zig zag configuration for 80 percent of a democratic voting.

The commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in an 80% Democratic district.

We should not be packed into an 80% democratic district. This seems no different than past gerrymandering.

The Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in a 80% Dem district.

This type of packing is unfair because it put Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti together in one state senate district with 80% of voters voting Democratic. These two larger cities in Washtenaw County should be put together with some of their outlying suburbs and rural areas.

The Commission is supposed to take into account communities of common interest. The map separates Plymouth from Canton, which have share one school district. The two communities are close, along with Northville.

The Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in an 80% Democratic district.

It is quite obvious that non-conservative voters have been packed into one district in Washtenaw County. This looks like blatant partisan gerrymandering. It is not a fair map by a longshot.

The Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in a 80% Dem district.

It looks like the Commission is packing Washtenaw Democratic voters into this one district. This is not a balanced map.

The amount of Democrats crammed into this one district looks intentional. This is not a fair map.

packing a heavily Democratic area into one district is called gerrymandering, this is what this process is supposed to prevent

Do not pack Democratic voters into one district. This decreases the chances for substantive governance that truly represents the will of the people. It is time to create a more balanced district map.

Lumping 80% of non conservative voters in AA/ Ypsi looks like the exact type of gerrymandering this project was supposed to correct. Wrong.

This is an unfair map. Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in a 80% Dem district.

Looks like a partisan gerrymander: cluster non-conservative votes to A2/Ypsilanti in order to allow the more conservative population in rural areas more input into matters that matter to all of us.

The commission should not pack Washtenaw voters in an 80% Democratic district.

District 18, as drawn, should include Independence Twp, up to Oakhill Rd. Do not put this neighborhood into District 2, as drawn.

While looking for a new job, only one job has come up for Lenawee County when entering demographics for Monroe; why is Monroe in a district where most residents don’t work or have much in common? Almost every employment opportunity comes from Downriver, Ann Arbor, Canton, or Toledo.

This map will split Manistee County into two state senate districts. These sparsely populated rural counties should not have to be split like this to achieve the population targets. This also significantly disrupts the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians community of interest reducing their impact on their elected state senator.

Not much of an improvement over current situation. Still puts Washtenaw voters into largely Dem district.

Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in a 80% Dem district.

Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in a 80% Dem district.

I cannot understand what the commission is trying to accomplish with these State Senate maps. It lessens the voice of Warren and Sterling Heights residents and does nothing to improve representation for anyone in this proposed district.

I cannot understand what the commission is trying to accomplish with these State Senate maps. It lessens the voice of Warren and Sterling Heights residents and does nothing to improve representation for anyone in this proposed district.

This represents a disturbing attempt to pack the district with too many Dems. Better equity between rural and urban is needed.

Too many Dem voters packed into A2 Ypsi. Bad.

As you know, the purpose of the committee is to make a fair drawing of the state. When 80% of the community are Democratic and you lump them together this does seem fair. I realize this is a tough job and everyone will not like the like the end results. However, this is setting the state up to be no different than it was under a party gerrymandering drawing. You must and can do better for the sake of our Democracy.

Far too many Dems are pushed into this one district! The Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in an 80% Democratic district.

This is a weird layout that as drafted seems to try to pack Ann Arbor and Ypsi together as urban areas, leaving rural areas as is. There should be equal representation, not to mention AA and Ypsi have different communities of interest.

Too many Dems are packed into one district.

it seems very inappropriate to put the two large population centers (AA and Ypsi) together instead of actually trying to have a balanced representation of urban and rural locations.

Did the RNC pay you to rig the map by putting all of Ypsi and AA together? Maybe you'd like to include Detroit and Kalamazoo also. Shameful

As drafted, packs excessive Dems into Dist. 27; does not respect distinct community character of Ypsilanti. Please modify to correct these deficiencies.

This is clearly packing Democrates together, plus ignoring the differences between Ypsi and AA. No go on this district.

I'd rather every district be drawn to provide as close to 50/50 Democrats/Republicans/Independents as possible. I expect that such districts will end up as pie charts centered on urban areas and pie slices extending away for a long distance in some cases.

Do not pack Washtenaw voters together in an 80% Democratic district.

As drafted, packs excessive Dems into Dist. 27; does not respect distinct community character of Ypsilanti. Please modify to correct these deficiencies.

As an Ypsilanti resident of many years, and a former resident of Ann Arbor and Chelsea, I do not feel this map respects the distinct "Communities of Interest" within the area. Both Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor residents see a strong distinction between the two: Ann Arbor identifies more strongly with its small-city and township neighbors to the west and north, while Ypsilanti retains a blue-collar industrial heritage shared more closely with its neighbors to the east of US23. A shared Senate district erases Ypsilanti's distinct community of interest, violating the Commission's mandate. Reconsider maps that instead connect Ypsilanti with communities like Belleville, City of Wayne, South Lyon, or Monroe.

Why is the area around Dexter chopped up with part in District 27, but most in District 29? This whole area should be included in one District. How can a school district not have the same representation?

Your job is difficult, but this district (27) packs Democratic voters into one district, it was my understanding that the commission's goal was not to pack Republican or Democrats into monolithic voting blocks. Please reconsider this district's boundaries.

Please do not pack Washtenaw voters like me together in a 80% Dem district.

Better party distribution, please

Same as it ever was - this map concentrates Democratic party voters. This is the kind of gerrymandering that led to the so-called "independent" redistricting committee. Clearly not "independent" enough.

Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti have very different COIs. Ypsi deserves its own district. This is gross "packing". This map is a step backwards and unfair.

This is a completely unfair district. It isn't representative of the community when you're packing both A2 and Ypsilanti together in an 80% democrattic district.

the goal should be to create competitive districts, the Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in a 80% Democratic district. Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti have different constituencies, they would be better served by having their own representatives.

You should not pack so many Washtenaw county voters together in an 80% Democratic district

An 80% Democratic State Senate district is packing. Don't include Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti in the same district. Make it a fair contest.

This heavily skewed Dem district fails to represent many folks in Washtenaw County. I voted for fairer districts where both parties have a chance to win elections. >:(

This is not a fair representation of all voters in this area, and it packs far too many voters of one party together. It needs to be fairly balanced across voters to ensure safety of votes for all in future elections.

I don't think an 80% dem district is the best we can do

Gerrymandering is not democratic.

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Commission should not "pack" Washtenaw Country voters into a 80% Democratic district!

The point of redistricting was to STOP packing and cracking. Putting most of Ann Arbor and most of Ypsi into one district is the opposite of that.

This is not how redistricting should go. Why are you packing voters in Washtenaw county together in a 80% Democrat district?? Not Good!

Partisan Gerrymander

This is an intentional act to dilute democratic voters in the state of Michigan. This area is extremely populous compared to the state and it makes 0 logical sense for it to be one district.

Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor communities are very different and diverse with many cultures and backgrounds. They need to have separate representation

Ypsi and Ann Arbor are very different voters; they need to have separate representation.

Are you serious? You cannot possible claim this to be neutral. No. Be honest and stop the politics.

The commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in a 80% Democratic district.

How is this different from past practice of gerrymandering, by concentrating all the Democratic voters in the county together? Moreover, Ypsilanti has much more poverty and gets overshadowed by Ann Arbor's wealth - they need different representation

Ypsi and Ann Arbor are very different; they shouldn't be lumped together.

Fair maps should not pack voters from one party in a district. Instead, the map should create possibility for a qualified candidate from any party to win.

This is not what the new districts are supposed to look like. It appears you have packed SD27 with 80% Democrat representation. There is very little chance that the other party could win a seat. Please reject this map.

Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor are very different communities that need their own representation. This map is contrary to the whole idea of redistricting that Michigan citizens want and voted for.

The purpose of your commission is to create districts where elections are competitive, resulting in a legislature that represents the people, not create districts that are 80% one party--making it impossible for the other party to win. Please reject this map.

I'd like to see a district that is more evenly balanced between the parties, to INCREASE the likelihood of shared middle-ground conversation and legislation. To that end, you could split Ann Arbor down the middle and include some of the red/R townships to the west, then give the other (right/east) half of Ann Arbor to Ypsilanti and other red/R townships to the east, north, and south.

This proposal would concentrate too many Washtenaw voters into one already highly democratic district-representative of a dangerous trend that needs to be fought locally and nationally.

This is a packed district — it needs to be split. The whole point of redistricting was to further fairness and avoid gerrymandering.

No, no, no...this is a terrible map. It continues the practice of gerrymandering by packing all the Democratic voters in the county together. Please fulfill your mission and end gerrymandering.

Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti vary drastically in terms of demographics (race, socio-economic status), and should be split apart. Please reconfigure proposed district 27 to break apart Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti.

This map packs this district with too high a concentration of Democratic voters, which, in turn, dilutes the effectiveness of the voters.

This is a terrible map that has no partisan balance. The whole purpose of your commission is to create districts where elections are competitive resulting in a legislature that represents the people not create districts that are 80% one party--making it impossible for the other party to win. This is unacceptable.

This is an awful proposal, gerrymandering us further into an uneven and unfairly represented state.

This is awful! Clearly a partisan stacking of Dems in a single district.

Much too packed.

Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in an 80% Dem district.

Too much packing not pack voters together in a heavy dem area.

You have created a perfect gerrymandered map where a district is created that is not at all competitive in an area where competition is expected and reasonable. As you do your maps, a partisan balance is appropriate. Unacceptable to have a district of 80% democrats when not intrinsically necessary. The goal is to have our legislative bodies reflect our population .

The commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in an 80% Dem district.

This is not a competitive district and doesn't make a reasonable effort to respect county boundaries.

stop this gerrymandering.

This map for SD27 does not solve the problem of gerrymandering: it does not create a competitive district in an area where it could reasonably do so. Instead, you have created a heavily Democratic district. The Commission must consider partisan balance when you create districts!

I dislike this map because it packs Democrats into the district.

This is the worst of gerrymandering - packing mostly democratic voters into one district. Unacceptable

This map packs democrats into the district.

As I said on September 28th, in person, at Cadillac Place in Detroit: You are being paid to use your creativity to create balanced and fair districts. This does not fit that description--for many of the reasons others have listed.

The commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together into an 80% Democratic district.

I dislike this map because it packs Democrats into the district

the Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in a 80% Dem district.

Don’t pack Democrats into an 80% district!

Doesn't this map just pack mostly Dems into one district? Same problem that previously existed. Need fairer representation.

Please don’t pack Washtenaw voters together into this 80% Dem district!

This map is far worse than our current gerrymandered map from 10 years ago! In fact it packs even more reliably Democratic voters into 27 adding Scio and the Eastern part of Dexter into it now. This is NOT what was supposed to happen. It looks like you've created new GERRYMANDERED ISLAND in the map for 27. This is awful.

This map perpetuates the gerrymandering we are trying to get rid of for accurate representation. Please do not pack Democratic voters of Washtenaw County into a single district.

This packs Dems the same way as it always has. We passed the amendment to avoid this sort of gerrymandered district.

This districting proposal repeats the unjust arrangement of current districting. It packs a single party into one district and denies members of that party fair representation statewide.

This map seems to unsure that 27 will be a Dem district while 29 (where I would vote) will be a Rep district, which is the same trouble we have today! Districts should be competitive and not leave minority voices with little to no hope of representation. There are many options to create fairer districts in Washtenaw Country and its neighboring counties.

Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in a 80% Dem district.

Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in a 80% Dem district.

This is a pack job to reduce Democratic voters impact.

The commission should not pack Washtenaw voters in an 80% Democratic district.

The Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in a 80% Dem district.

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This map just re-creates the current problems we have by lumping Democratic areas together

You have re-gerrymandered some of these districts, including the district organized around Washtenaw county. The population spread and geography of this part of Michigan allows for balanced districts that would give different perspectives to have a chance of having their votes matter. You have handed the area to democrats, with no chances for other perspectives

Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in a 80% Dem district

The commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in an 80% democratic district

This district 27 perpetuates gerrymandering, packing Democratic voters of Washtenaw County into a single district.

Although the commission is required to apply partisan fairness standards, this maps favors Republicans. It divides cities, townships and schools districts, while combining communities that have no common interests and seriously marginalizes Detroit residents.

The Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in a 80% Dem district.

This is poor map. The more convoluted the district lines, the more gerrymandered it remains. Do NOT carve Dexter out of District 27 if you are going to include other Ann Arbor border communities like Saline.

This map is terrible; please make fair maps. Please do not pack democrats together to minimize their voices. Let’s make the democratic process fair.

I don't believe that so many Washtenaw voters should be packed togetether in this district. Please redistribute more fairly.

Please make fair districts so the democratic process functions. Don't try to gerrymander democrats together to dilute their voices.

the Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in a 80% Dem district.

The Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in a 80% Dem district.

the Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in a 80% Dem district.

The Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in a 80% Democrat district. Please be fair. I’m a young voter, and I care that everyone is equally represented by our new districting.

This is an poorly drawn district that will result in inequities.

No gerrymandering in Michigan, please!

Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti are very different and this district is heavily partisan in that it favors Republicans by diluting the voice of Democratic voters. I'm concerned that overall the new maps give Republicans an edge when in fact the last presidential and gubernatorial elections were won by Democrats. I'm afraid again the power of my vote is being weakened.

The commission should not pack all of washtenaw county's democratic votes into one district.

The Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in a 80% Dem district.

Packing the Democrats into one district. - This is not why we worked so hard to get petitions signed.

This looks like packing to me. Districts need to be fair and as non-partisan as possible.

You are essentially gerrymandering Democrat votes into this one single district to dilute the voting power. Isn't this committee supposed to avoid major mistakes like this? Not sure what needs to be done but on surface level it would make sense to split Ypsilanti from Ann Arbor...

This looks an awful lot like packing many Democrats into a single district, which is gerrymandering, the very practice we are trying to eliminate.

This map squeezes - or packs - together washtenaw county dems into a single district which will allow less representations for the people in this district. Please split Ypsi and Ann Arbor.

The commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together into an 80% Democratic district. I live on the north side of Ypsi, and the community I relate to is Ypsi to the south and Superior Township to the North, NOT Ann Arbor. This is a terrible district from the point of view of making competitive districts, and also a terrible district from the point of view of respecting community boundaries.

As drawn, this is obviously a gerrymandered district with overwhelming concentration of likely Democratic voters.

I don't want my vote to be packed in with all the other Democratic voters in Washtenaw County.

Putting all of Ann Arbor and Ypsi into a single district is packing the district. As an Ypsi resident this seriously concerns me because I feel that my vote will be diminished by being packed in a district which is separated from other other surrounding areas.

This map unfairly puts too many Democrats into a single district. Seems not to fit the effort to reduce gerrymandering.

I object to the proposed SD 27, combining Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. It would concentrate so many Democrat voters in one SD. That is hardly anti-gerrymander.

Ypsi and Ann arbor are the most left leaning cities in the county. Packing them like together like this is very much like gerrymandering, but with more logical boundaries. Please separate Ann arbor from Ypsilanti in your map.

This is too partisan (80% Dem). Please redraw to reflect greater party diversity.

The Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in a 80% Dem district.

I was brought here by an email from the Washtenaw County Democratic Party instructing people to come and comment and telling them exactly what buzz words to use. Email attached.

The Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in a 80% Dem district.

Why are you packing here? So many of our votes will be totally wasted! This is what we are trying to avoid --packing "Dem Garbage" into one district.

As currently drawn, this district packs too many Democratic voters together, thereby diluting their representation. Ann Arbor should be split to spread the Dem votes across more than one district.

This district gerrymanders across multiple counties.

The Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in an 80% Dem district. I thought the purpose of drawing a fair district was NOT to pack it politically with one side? This discourages interest voter turn out.

Why would residents want Washtenaw voters "packed" into an 80% Democratic district?

do not pack Washtenaw county voters in an 80% democratic district

The Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in a 80% Dem district.

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This mapped district defeats the purpose of an "un-gerrymandered" map. Please redraw district in a less partisan and a more distributive manner in terms of Dems/Repub voters. Thank you!

The Commission should not cram Washtenaw county voters together in a district that is 80% Democratic.

Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti should be split up. Currently they are packed together, producing a single district with a really high density of liberal/democratic voters. This packing dilutes overall representation in a manner similar to a gerrymandered district.

The Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in a 80% Democratic district.

This map unfairly packs Democrats into concentrated districts in order to give them less power overall

I don't feel it makes sense to pack a huge population of mainly Democratic-leaning people into just one district. Thanks for considering alternatives!

Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in a 80% Dem district.

Washtenaw County should not be concentrated in one highly Democratic district

Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in a 80% Dem district.

In general, I think the map is unbalanced. The Democratic districts are crammed together and that distorts voting results. We lost a great representative 10 years ago, Lynn Rivers, and should be compensated.

This map does not come close to achieving Partisan Fairness. This district should be unpacked to more evenly distribute Democratic and Republican votes.

The Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in an 80% Dem district

This is a packed Democratic District. It should be split for improved efficiency and non-partisan fairness.

The Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in an 80% Dem district

The Commission should not pack Washtenaw voters together in an 80% Dem district

This is a textbook packed map! Please find a division that respects partisan fairness and the opportunity for all votes to have weight.

By combining Oakland County with Detroit and other parts of Wayne, and in some places Macomb, as well as combining Macomb in some places with Detroit makes no sense in a State Senate district. First of all, this map could very possibly mean no representation for Detroit, which would be horrible. District 13 would be better if it did not include Detroit, but did include Hazel Park and Madison Heights, which belong with Oakland, not Macomb. The Detroit districts look very gerrymandered. Detroit deserves to be represented by Detroiters. Alternatively, this district could extend west into Southfield in some way, as well as including Madison Heights and Hazel Park. If that was done, then the northern part of the district could go to District 14. The main point is that it should not include Detroit and should be all Oakland County. This also splits the Jewish community in the Southfield/Oak Park/Huntington Woods area, which is a community of interest.

Please keep Allendale Township in the Ottawa County District and not grouped together with significantly larger Walker/Rockford area in Kent County. These areas are different and will cause the smaller Allendale Township to be under represented.

Split Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti!! This district is an 80% democratic pack. It needs to be split for partisan fairness. Dexter, Manchester, and Western Washtenaw are all more closely linked to Ann Arbor than Ypsilanti, and so should be put with Ann Arbor instead.

Please add Grosse Pointe Park, Clay Township, and Ira Township back into the Lake St. Clair District (7). We are community of interest A-9 from the MGGG report. Our COI is supported by dozens of public comments from around the entire lakeshore. My home town of Grosse Pointe Park should be included. There are other ways to achieve your partisan goals without breaking up a clear lakeshore COI district.