As a student at pcep canton, I believe that Plymouth Canton is highly republican. If we were to change the district lines, we could add more political diversity. This way not one city would have too many republican or democratic votes. I feel that this would balance the votes.

So District 6 is going to span 4 or 5 cities 2 counties? How stupid can you get, I thought the whole idea of this is to keep from gerrymandering yet this is exactly that. Simply combine Eastpointe 32,347 and St. Clair Shores 59,409 and you have a population size of 91,746 nice and simple 2 cities and one county HMMM

This map does not do a good job of creating districts in metro Detroit and does not provide partisan fairness. It is too similar to the other House maps without providing any real choice. Please reconsider the House maps and provide the public with better options for which we can provide feedback.

This map does not do a good job of keeping together COIs in metro Detroit. It does not provide partisan fairness, please reconsider this map.

This map doesn't do a good job of providing partisan fairness. There are other maps that better support the VRA.

As someone from Plymouth and a student at PCEP, I believe that the new proposal for district 35 does not make the most logical sense. In district 35, there is not only Plymouth, but also parts of Livonia and most of Northville. This means that there are 3 different school systems in one district. Because Northville and Livonia’s school districts are reasonably funded, I am worried that if we elect someone who knows this information, they will gloss over the fact that Plymouth’s school district is poorly funded. I recognize that education is not the most important issue regarding re-districting, however the quality of education not only affects students but also the people around the town. I think that parts of Plymouth and Canton should be sorted together in the same district at the very least as we share a education district. District 35 is also not very diverse.

I believe that the Canton borders should retain the same shape and a district vote ought not to be held for the following reasons. The Canton community is very well-knitted amongst its many people, and splitting borders & dividing communities not only creates confusion, but it also makes an artificial separation that should have never have existed. As such, I also believe that politics & Canton's interests are mostly the same. Thus, fears of gerrymandering and changing interests don't need to be taken into account, at least for now as our politics is relatively the same. This why I believe the Canton borders should not be changed.

As a resident of Canton, I believe that the district borders should stay as they are. This is because the population of Canton Township is similar to the populations of other districts in Michigan giving Canton Township similar representation to the other districts. In addition to that, the different ethnic and cultural groups within Canton are well represented. This is because out of the 91, 480 people in Canton Township, 65.21% of the population is white while other ethnic and cultural groups consist of 34.79% of the population resulting in them being well respresented.

I am not for redistricting because I believe it is being done for political purposes. The way we are redistricted today, promotes pretty good diversity in the community. This will also cause a strain on the school systems as they will become overcrowded. We have well balanced teacher to children ratios and charter school options. This diversity of schools is enabled by the community we have and the growth in the last 10 years. I suggest leaving it the way it is, if not there is a danger of losing population.

I do not support redistricting Canton. The boundaries that exist today are proportionately balanced. There has been tremendous growth in Canton and many diverse businesses and communities have significantly increased in the last 10 years. In fact, Canton is well spread and compact enough to self-sustain and promote its economic and infrastructure growth. Political affiliation should not be a motivation for redistricting, hopefully, that's not the intent. If we are increasing the boundary, there should be careful consideration to the impact on infrastructure, with the busy roads that are hard to traverse today.

I do not support the plan for redistricting Canton. This is because there would be less diversity. This is shown by the percentage of White Canton residents increasing, while the percentage of minorities, like Pacific Islanders, is decreasing. I think this is bad because all groups of people should be represented in Canton, and redistricting would decrease representation. I also think that the schools are overcrowded, and redistricting would overflow the schools even more.

I believe this change in borders is unnecessary for two main reasons. One reason is that our current borders are fine, as we are already well diverse with non-whites making up 35% of the Canton population. The 2nd main reason that I think changing borders would complicate things further and create more issues, which is not what we need at this time when we are already dealing with multiple other larger ones such as the labor crisis, and we don't need more complication in our day to day lives. For these two reasons, I'm against the idea of the change in Canton's borders as it'd just cause unnecessary complications and is not needed to raise diversity in Canton.

As a student of Canton, I do not support the plan for redistricting. Overall, Canton has very high diversity rates and is most compact, and according to the chart, the plan is to cut out some pieces of the township. Again, as a student, I enjoy living in a community where there is so much diversity around me, and cutting out pieces of canton will inevitably cut down the diversity. Also, this will move some students to other districts, and that can be a very hard change if redistricting causes them to need to change schools. Therefore, I do not support redistricting.

I believe these borders of Canton and Plymouth are just fine the way they are. The extent of the Canton community currently extends to Westland. As a resident of south Canton close to that border, I believe this line shouldn't be pushed any farther because of the drastic demographic changes. While Canton is a diverse area, the median household income is greater than Westland.

Hi my name is Gersi and I am not a fan of the changing of boundaries. As a kid, it is hard enough to go to school and teach myself the viable things I need in my life, including the city I live and the surrounding places. These types of things can get very difficult to remember if they are getting changed over and over. Each decade a new boundary system is set up, meaning each decade people have to forget what they have known about they're surrounding boundaries and start over. There are student drivers learning they're roads and cities and directions but it's hard for them, as beginners of driving, to forget what they knew about the boundaries and have to learn it all over again.

hispanic community has to stay together, this means keeping roosevelt park, urbandale and burton heights should be together. either expand 78 west to include areas north of porter and east of grandville or expand 79 east to include before mentioned areas

Combining the surrounding areas of Metro Airport in Romulus with rural Lenawee County is a combination of drastically different communities of interest (very agricultural in Lenawee County with a more suburban and urban area of Romulus). A better combination would be Romulus, Huron Township, Belleville/and Van Buren Township).

Combining parts of the City of Taylor and rural northern Monroe County is a combination of drastically different communities of interest (very agricultural in Northern Monroe County with a more suburban and urban area of Taylor). A better combination would be Taylor, Woodhaven, Brownstown, and Flat Rock (along US-24, or Telegraph Road).

Wh is plymouth More connected to Northville than Canton? I have more people That I know and have similar lives to me in Canton than the Townshp of Northville. Plymouth and canton are reallly close to being one town, Why are they in difirrent districts? If you live in Plymouth, you can be part of Canton High school, then why are they in different districts?

The fact that the pccs school district is split on education is crazy. How is a school supposed to educate people on their congressman and their area if the students have different representatives? School districts and district lines should be as similar as possible, this is because schools need to be under a unified voice. If they arent, then the schools boundaries or the district boundaries are useless.

I believe that Northville and Northville township should not be sepertated. This is because even though there is a difference between theTownship and the city, there are traditions in the city, that people in the township want to visit, and if there is a different congressperson in the township and in the city, then the people in the township would be left out of decisions. There is also the fact that in schools, the people who go to the northville township and city go to the same school, but if there is a different congressperson in each district, and if Northville high school is in the city, then the city will have more of a say in the schools. Overall, a city is a city, and that shouldnt change whether you are in the township or the main city.

Please keep Banglatown together as a united voting block.

Keep Rochester Hills, Rochester and Oakland Twpshp together. Like the Senate maps, you continue to split up Oakland County into many different pieces and not with communities of interest. There are more House seats here than current. And each is a smaller portion of Oakland County further diluting the voters voices. Stop gerrymandering.

The western part and eastern part of Kalamazoo county have different communities, with different interests and needs. The west Kalamazoo district can include the city, the college and the Kalamazoo suburbs to the west and north. People who live on the northern and eastern side of the City of Kalamazoo have similar socio-economic interests as people who live in the eastern part of the county in places like Comstock Township. In the interest of equity, these communities that have similar socio-economic needs should be represented by a state rep. of their own, who can speak to and for them since the western side of the city and county has different socioeconomic demographics and needs. Douglas as a dividing line seems very ideal.

Each district should stay under its own. when branching out it always brings discontent because each district has its own guidelines that they follow whether it aligns or not with what is agreed upon.

The proposed southern district (including Portage) makes sense, but the Commission should take a closer look at the city of Kalamazoo and consider dividing the proposed northern district into West and East Kalamazoo districts. Douglas street would be a good dividing line if the Commission is really working toward the best solution to a representative form of government.

Please avoid splitting Farmington and Farmington Hills into 3 House districts. The two cities share schools, libraries, and other services, and operate often as a united community. The long slivers of the districts do not advance interests of the F/FH community nor the few living within them.

I am a Bloomfield Hills resident and cannot image why the commission has drawn a backward C shape to link Bloomfield with Orion Township. The communities could not possibly be more different without shared interests. This is a ridiculous map. Put Orion Township where it belongs with Oakland Charter township and unify neighboring communities of interest.

Please redo this map. Dowagiac is Cass County's only city. It anchors the county. Putting it with district 61 pits Dowagiac against Niles for resources and representation. Dowagiac is part and parcel of Cass County historically, economicially, culturally, and socially. It's like cutting the heart out of the county to put the city in a separate district.

The City of South Haven affects the lives of all of the three townships that surround it in terms of livelihood, schools, and sense of community. Yet District 87 cuts in so close to the lake that Geneva Township is totally cut out. So my family who is four miles inland has no voting say in South Haven and now has no House legislator that also has our interests in our community. You have drawn the map having inclusive city areas in other towns, but not South Haven. Please include all three of its townships. Also please make sure that all maps passed have a close to zero partisan bias. The Commission was passed by the voters so that everyone had a chance to have their voice be heard. No district should be predetermined! Thank you for your time.

This map is too favorable to Republicans

Move prison populations to overpopulated districts. End prison gerrymandering.

The lines of State House District 83 should be changed. Fruitport Township and Fruitport Village should be added to the district to increase the percentage of Muskegon County residents somewhat.The rural Nunica area should be cut out and added to the more rural 85 district. Also the southern boundary of the district should end with the City of Grand Haven. Norton Shores and Fruitport have become more populated in the past decade and have different needs than rural areas. Also, because Muskegon County is being divided into so many house districts, its residents don't make up the majority of any House district it is part of. By chopping off rural area south of Grand Haven, Muskegon County residents would have a greater voice in District 83.

This map extends the District towards Clio, which should not be attached to Lapeer County, while Imlay City is separated from this district. It does include Otisville which is part of the Lakeville school district. It could be modified by extending to Davison along M15.

PLEASE STOP prison gerrymandering!!

Please stop prison gerrymandering!

Please move the prison population back to their home communities or to an overpopulated district.

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

The Grosse Pointes were correctly mapped together with one exception. A section of Grosse Pointe Woods on its south end, Precinct 4, was omitted from the map for State Representative for District 4 where the rest of Grosse Pointe Woods was place and instead was put in District 6. It is critical that the entire City of Grosse Pointe Woods be in the same District, in this case District 4, with the rest of the Grosse Pointes. The absence of this one precinct in the same district as the rest of the city is counterproductive to the unity of interest of the city.

Please look at map p7503 and keep Banglatown together! Please do not dilute the vote of this community of interest. The new lines being drawn by the Commission are racial gerrymandering and not representative of the people the Commission was appointed to serve. Please re-draw equitable maps and keep Banglatown together!

I can't comprehend why Clawson and Highland Park would possibly be in the same district.

Keep Banglatown together!

In 2018 I was a Captain with Voters Not Politicians in order to change the gerrymandered mess of the districts in Michigan. My team collected thousands of signatures from people who wanted to end unfair gerrymandering by establishing this commission. Now what I see in SE Michigan is a new racial gerrymandering: dividing districts up by lines drawn to prevent racial minorities from electing their preferred representatives. Districts 8, 16 and 21 are a gerrymandered nightmare. In order to avoid majority minority districts, this commission is creating racial gerrymandering. The City of Livonia has been cut into three pieces to support this racial gerrymandering. I have testified in person to the commission that Livonia exemplifies a community of interest as well as partisan fairness. The elections of the past four years have been won only by very slight majorities. Livonia should be left intact as a city and one state house district. With the plan on Pine - and it is almost identical on the other two "tree" maps - the eastern half of Livonia will be cut into a north and south partition and those will then run east through Redford (cutting that city in half, as well) to the Brightmoor area of Detroit. This is one of the poorest and most blighted areas of Detroit. This section deserves appropriate representation by a legislator that will be dedicated to the needs of NW Detroit. With this racially gerrymandered map, that voice may be submerged. Please leave Livonia in a single state house district and do not racially gerrymander Detroit.

These blocks need to be moved from District 10 to District 2. Including these blocks in District 2 will keep the Bangladeshi community together - meeting the ethnic, economic, and cultural needs that create this Community of Interest. Leaving this sliver in District 10 does not make sense. There are areas in these maps that have very, very unusual units that are out-of-place, and seem to be arbitrarily included to meet other standards of numbers to the detriment of minority voices. Please do not dilute BIPOC votes!

The proposed District 18 looks like the map of the original district from Massachusetts back in 1812 that gave us the term "gerrymander." This district and all of the others in the metro Detroit area are racially gerrymandered. This is "negative racial gerrymandering" which is designed to nullify the vote of minority residents. That may not be the intent of the commission, but that will be the result. These maps of SE Michigan are "cracking" the minority neighborhoods, which essentially inhibits their influence and cracks apart communities of interest.

Please make revisions to the State House plans (Pine, Oak, and Peach) to include Precinct 95 with State House District 2 (instead of District 10). This will place more of the Bangla community together so that they can have proper representation. You can reference map p7503 for details.

Commissioners, I spoke at the public hearing last week expressing the needs of the Bangla town community. Please include Precinct 95 from District 10 into District 2. This will keep Banglatown while. Please look at map p7503 for details.

Please revise State House District 2 in Pine, Oak, and Peach Plans to include Precinct 95. Give Banglatown its voice. We need fair representation for Detroit and Hamtramck.

I ask the commissioners to place Precinct 95 into State House District 2 instead of where it is currently located in District 10. We need equitable representation for the Bengali community and for all of Hamtramck and Detroit residents. Please reference p7503.

Please make sure that our Bengali community is kept together as much as possible so that our collective voice isn't suppressed. You can do this by moving precinct 95 from State House District 10 to District 2. Please reference map p7503. Thank you.

Please revise Pine, Oak, and Peach State House District 2 covering Detroit and Hamtramck. Specifically, please revise to include PRECINCT 95 into District 2 as suggested in P7503. Please ensure that the residents of Hamtramck and Detroit have their voices heard. I urge you to keep Banglatown whole.

Why are you packing Democrats into three districts? Why are these not the fair maps that everyone-R and Ds-want? We want fair districts for our whole state.

I ask the commission to please move precinct 95 from state house district 10 to district 2. We need to ensure that the Muslim community of Hamtramck and Detroit has their voices heard. Keep Banglatown whole. You can refer to map submission P7503. Thank you.

We are requesting once again please bring Banglatown in one district. Please move Precinct 95 to District 2. For a modified map please visit https://www.michigan-mapping.org/submission/p7503

As a Michigander with deep roots in our beautiful state, Hamtramck resident, and active community member/leader, I ask again that you please keep the Bangladeshi and Yemeni special interest groups united. Including Precinct 95 from Detroit merging into District 2 would support that goal. An example of a map I support (as presented by AIPA Vote - MI) may be found here: https://www.michigan-mapping.org/submission/p7503

On behalf of APIA Vote-MI, I ask that precinct 95 in Detroit be included in District 2. Please check out our map at https://www.michigan-mapping.org/submission/p7503 for details.

Please consider Precinct 95 in Detroit be included in District 2. Please check out our modified map at https://www.michigan-mapping.org/plans/d1

There is no reason to add parts of Oakland township to the Rochester-Rochester Hills district. Rochester/Rochester Hills has enough persons to fulfill the 77,000 requirement and is a unique community.

APIA Votes asks that Precinct 95 in Detroit be included in District 2. Please check APIA Votes modified map at https://www.michigan-mapping.org/plans/d10.

The "arm" in district 35 is not contiguous.

The "arm" in district 17 and is NOT contiguous.

Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills and Bloomfield Township form a Community of Interest. They share a Chamber of Commerce and Birmingham Schools go into all three municipalities. They should form the core of a State House District. They can be combined either with A) Auburn Hills or B) Southfield Township (Franklin, Beverly Hills and Bingham Farms), Sylvan Lake, Keego Harbor and Orchard Lake.

As an independent voter , this is a plan for Midland city and Midland county that I cannot support. Midland city and county have serious flood issues and other interests more aligned with the counties to the north and west of city and county. Also this is prime example of gerrymandering.

This map is extremely concerning as it clearly violates Section 2 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 that was established to protect the voting rights of African Americans and Hispanic voters. Further cutting the city of Flint in two, dilutes the minority votes of Flint.

All three of the collaborative maps for House are basically the same for the Detroit and Detroit Metro area which means Detroiters did not get a choice during the public hearings. Please reconsider. In addition The Michigan Department of Civil Rights said in a statement that "The maps this body approved on Oct 11 fail that test. They dilute minority-majority districts and strip the ability for a minority voter to elect legislative representatives who reflect their community and affect any meaningful opportunity to impact public policy and lawmaking."

We are writing to express my concerns over the various proposed versions of the State House map that have been presented for public feedback. As residents of the City of Roseville, we are especially troubled with the prospect of splitting of the city into multiple districts. In each of the proposed maps, Roseville, a city with just over 47,000 residents, is divided into two districts; which to our knowledge has never occurred previously. Generally, the proposed maps have several of our most northern precincts in a district that goes all the way to Anchor Bay, creating a significant socioeconomic and geographic disparities while the rest of Roseville in a district that encompasses Eastpointe and portions of northeastern Detroit. The division of Roseville as proposed in these maps would present a significant weakening of our representation in the Michigan Legislature. A district that divides Roseville would not be able to properly address the unique economic challenges, infrastructure needs and interests of our residents. Each proposed map dilutes and minimizes the importance Roseville has, as each district would be anchored in different municipalities with significantly different needs and interests. Roseville should be kept whole in any iteration of a State House map because it has a strong historical foundation and a strong working-class background that deserves fair representation by its state house member. Roseville is a city that is around 5 square miles and is a major transit area that is serviced by interstates, I-94 and I-696, and two major state highways (M-1 Gratiot/M-97 Grosebeck). It is a community that has a significant population of older residents, as well as similar demographical and socioeconomic characteristics with a strong sense of togetherness and community. These proposed maps do a disservice to the community by dividing our voice and placing us in districts where Roseville’s needs will not be addressed or be an afterthought. Roseville is connected closely to its neighbors in Macomb County. We share common school districts (for example, Fraser Public Schools and Roseville Community Schools) and shared common government services such as Parks and Recreation (Roseville and Eastpointe) and emergency dispatch services (Roseville, St. Clair Shores and Fraser). In addition, Roseville and Fraser both share the same District Court (and elect the judges), and shares the current county commission lines. Previous iterations of the state house district have had the entire city of Roseville as its anchor and has include parts of Fraser, St. Clair Shores, Warren and Eastpointe in Macomb County in various forms. The seat has always been in Macomb County. Each city shares common economic, social and political interests as inner ring suburban communities looking to continue their rebirth. To cross county lines into Wayne County would be a disservice to both counties as the needs are much different. As an older, built out suburban community to a major Midwestern city, we also have unique needs that can not be adequately met by dividing our city into multiple districts that will have very few common interests. Our water infrastructure is dated. Public safety is paramount and with a heavy older adult population, adequate housing and services for that population are required. The Groesbeck (M-97) corridor is an industrial hub that the City of Roseville (and surrounding communities) have worked hard to reinvigorate with the assistance of legislative representation that is based from the community who addresses the needs of our community. This industrial hub also extends through the cities of Warren, Fraser and Clinton Township. In addition, the Gratiot (M-1) coordinator is a thriving commercial center that the city is trying to continuously update and improve upon. The City of Roseville also boasts a successfully redeveloped Macomb Mall that is booming when so many shopping centers are not. It is imperative that these economic hubs also continue to be represented by a single representative to help further its redevelopment. Despite great strides, similar surrounding communities that contain Gratiot Avenue (including Eastpointe and Clinton Township), share the need for continued redevelopment of this commercial center that would be best served by a representative who understands these needs and can work in conjunction with the communities along that corridor. One of the major concerns is that in the current proposed maps, it will be very difficult for the City of Roseville to have the Representation it needs in Lansing to allow it to continue to thrive. We all understand the need for fairness in the new map, and it is compounded by population shifts with the need to comply with state and federal statutory requirements. However, if the commission decides to finalize the maps in which the City of Roseville is split in two; we believe that the commission not only fails in its requirement to keep communities of interest together, but that it deliberately breaks one apart. As such, it is critical that any legislative map includes Roseville as a community interest and maintains the entire city within one legislative district; as has been done for decades previously. Sincerely, Zvonko and Lisa Blazevski Roseville MI 48066

Please consider linking Emmet and Charlevoix counties with Antrim and part of Grand Traverse with which they have important common interests, tourism and small farming, as well as contiguity. They have very little in common with the eastern Upper Peninsula. Thanks for your efforts in undertaking this difficult task.

While I realize this is a difficult process, dividing smaller communities seems counterproductive to me. I urge you to find a way to keep Novi together in one State House District. The community shares many resources like fire, police, city government, library etc. We are already divided by the expressway and into four school districts. Dividing us up again will just create another division which is counterproductive to building a sense of community and unity.

According to the National Conference on State Legislatures, all states must comply with the federal constitutional requirements related to population and anti-discrimination. For congressional redistricting, the Apportionment Clause of Article I, Section 2, of the U.S. Constitution requires that all districts be as nearly equal in population as practicable, which essentially means exactly equal. For state legislative districts, the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires that districts be substantially equal. Additionally, the state of Michigan has enacted legislation that requires that newly established districts are “Compact, Contiguous, Preserve Political Subdivisions, Preserve Communities of Interest and Preserve Cores of Prior Districts. Redefining districts that “Intentionally Favor or Disfavor an incumbent, Candidate or Party is prohibited (Mich. Const. Art. IV, § 6, as amended Nov. 6, 2018; Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 3.63, 4.261, 4.261a). In particular, redistricting maps currently under review for Flint and Burton violate the above principles and should be rejected.

Flint needs its own representative; the city should not be split.

None of the three proposed maps works because in District 32, they carve off slivers of Bloomfield Hills and Birmingham rather than leaving those communities intact, potentially making the voters in those slivers feel disenfranchised because they would represent such a tiny portion of the district's electorate. The maps also place Clawson and Troy in separate districts, when placing those two communities in the same district would appear to make more sense geographically.

I gave testimony THREE TIMES (C973) and this map does exactly what I asked you NOT TO DO: split our Macatawa community along existing boundaries of 32nd Street, located south of Lake Macatawa. Our peninsula is just south of the channel and has been split in half for decades. You are doing it again. I submitted live testimony, written and maps. Please DO NOT USE 32ND STREET AS A BOUNDARY TO THE LAKEFRONT.

The commission has been working very hard on these maps, but as your consultant has told you, there is still work to be done regarding partisan fairness. You can address partisan fairness by unpacking the Democrats who live in small cities such as Ann Arbor and combining parts of Ann Arbor with suburban and exurban areas. One approach would be to expand districts north along the U.S. 23 corridor. Many people along that corridor extending into Brighton commute to Ann Arbor for school and work. They have much in common with their co-workers there but can't afford housing there so they have moved a little farther away. Combining these areas would make a lot of sense and help address partisan fairness.

This Map along with the others all disenfranchise Flint from the possibility of having at least one and in some cases 2 people who have the cities best interest at heart. This map reduces us to potentially having no representative of color

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

Why after many, many displeased comments on all the previous maps, have you not corrected these egregious districts that serve to dilute the voices of Pontiac voters and other communities as well? The residents of these communities will not accept the "it's too much work" answer. Commenters from Lake Orion, Oxford, Clarkston, Independence Township, Waterford, Auburn Hills, Bloomfield and Pontiac have all stated that these districts do not preserve COIs and do not represent the communities involved in any way. Fix this!

The party that wins the most votes statewide, should win the most seats. Your maps don't do that.

In your redrawing of the state House maps, you have made three very safe Democratic districts and three Republican districts, despite the fact that we are overwhelmingly Democratic. Most of the Democratic voters are now packed in our region in three districts. Where is the partisan fairness here? The region is gerrymandered worse than with the 2011 maps. In your current drawing of the state House maps, there are NO competitive House districts in the Greater Lansing Region. This is one reason, and an important one, why when you look at your state House maps across Michigan, they are still not meeting criteria 4 (partisan fairness). Greater partisan fairness, with more competitive House districts within the Great Lansing Region can be ensured by doing three things: i) As you did with the City of Lansing, where the river was used to divide the city in the current House maps, East Lansing and Meridian Township north and south should also be split, using Grand River Avenue as the dividing line. ii) Continue the split of the city of Lansing along the river. iii) Return Delta Township into the Eaton County-based district. Your current maps favor Republican representation in the House by creating a 3 to 3 balance in representation, when our region, in fact, is overwhelmingly Democratic. Pursuing the above three steps will result in 3 Democratic districts, 1 Republican district and 2 competitive districts. This will ensure that your House maps meet the partisan fairness criteria across the state.

This map has a glaring problem. It takes the city of Dowagiac and rips it out of Cass County. Dowagiac is the only city in Cass County--it anchors the county and is integral to the county. The city of Dowagiac has municipal, social, cultural, and recreational ties to the whole county. The city helps to administer grants for the county commission and Dowagiac has a commissioner on the County Board of Commissioners. The Cass County Council on Aging has two locations--one in Cassopolis and one in Dowagiac. Southwestern Michigan College is in the county and has historical, economic and educational ties to the city of Dowagiac. Dowagiac high school students attend SMC as dual enrolled students. Dowagiac is in proposed District 81 and the College along with the rest of the county is in proposed district 64. In this scenario, the county, the college and the city of Dowagiac will all suffer in terms of representation and allocation of resources for which they need to compete. Not only that, putting Dowagiac in district 64 puts it in the same district as the closest neighboring city, Niles. This means that the two cities will now be competing for grants and government resources, whereas if Dowagiac were in district 81, it would be competing by itself on behalf of Cass County. The county will suffer without those resources. ALL of Cass County must remain whole in one district, which would be proposed district 81.

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 adjust this map to align with map o6250 which provides better minority opportunity for Detroit districts.

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 adjust this map to align with map o6250 which provides better minority opportunity for Detroit districts.

This map does not represent our community of interest. Berrien County should not be divided. Much of these lakeshore communities are 2nd homes. People live and work between the two district you have divided. Berrien is the largest county in the southwest corner and should not be divided.

City of Farmington and Farmington Hills share the library and school district in common. Separating these two cities will complicate our relationship.

I think Grand Rapids should be a whole. It's starting to look like a jigsaw puzzle with huge parts wrapped around a shiny middle. I've lived in East Town for a little while and it's very different from the rest of Grand Rapids. Why you would group as you have puzzles me.

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!

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 ... Farmington and Farmington Hills combined makes a pragmatically sensible district and should be together. We share a school district and library system and many community endeavors. Also please ensure Farmington Hills is not split in two in a future redraw. Thanks !

: This map gives Midland and Bay City, two cities that have been closely aligned for a long time, a competitive district where a representative works for the voters, not the party or extreme base. This brings the overall map closer to a zero political bias, but please continue to correct the Republican lean. Michigan is a 54% Democratic state and its districts should reflect that.

Farmington and Farmington Hills should be together. They share a school district, library and many community services!

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.

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 map is terrible the way communities are put together. Some of it is drawn as if communities looked like ribbon farms.

Highland Park and Clawson have nothing in common

Splitting Farmington and Farmington Hills make no sense. The two communities share too much (such as school district and library) to have different legislative districts.

The communities of Farmington and Farmington Hills share culture, events, school districts, and more. Splitting them between multiple legislative districts does not make sense.

The Downriver cities in Districts 13 and 22 need to be together, not divided as this map suggests

Please keep Northville and Plymouth together. Our communities shared resources, such as fire departments. We have common concerns, especially when addressing the landfill nearby since it affects both of our communities. We are not a large community. Northville should not be divided and should remain with Plymouth. Our communities are similar, everything from our homes, walkable downtowns, and even our friends, neighbors and community events. I urge you to reconsider these maps and district lines.

Four representatives for one county. That really focuses on communities of interest. Seriously?

Portions of Jackson County linked to Ann Arbor have nothing in common. As Jackson County is mostly rural, it needs to stay with mostly rural areas. Populated areas will begin to dictate what happens in agricultural areas and harm family farms.

It makes more sense to divide the city of Kalamazoo into two districts. One would contain the west side of the city, including the colleges, Oshtemo township and the western suburbs. The other would be the eastern part of the city with Parchment and Comstock included. These are very different populations with different representation needs. Portage, Texas Township, and Schoolcraft would make sense as their own district as well. However, it makes no sense to combine Oshtemo with Portage - Oshtemo has much more in common with Kalamazoo than it does with Portage.

Nope, my commerce neighborhood is more aligned with diverse suburban communities to the south and east. This map throws us in with more rural facets-leaning republicans. Strive for less partisan balance.

The districts in South Oakland County are ridiculous. Splitting school districts and communities, looping in communities that have nothing in common with one another. Why is Berkley split from north to south?

Again, why are we splitting Berrien County into lakeshore communities and separating the rest of the county? This is nonsensical and does not take into account the other assets and infrastructure.

Right now, there are 3 very safe Democratic districts and 3 Republican districts. This is worse in terms of partisan fairness than the 2011 maps. There are no competitive House districts in the Greater Lansing Region as you have currently drawn the state House maps, meeting they aren't meeting the partisan fairness criteria. To make the maps more fair: 1. Put Delta Township back in the Eaton County-based district. 2. Split East Lansing and Meridian Township north and south like you did with the city of Lansing. You used the river to help divide the city of Lansing in the current House maps. Use Grand River Ave to divide East Lansing and Meridian. 3. Keep splitting the city of Lansing as you have with the river. If you do this, you will end up with 2 competitive districts, 3 Democratic districts and 1 Republican District. Here is what fair districts in the Lansing region look like: https://bit.ly/3j1Io63.

Dear Commissioners, I am concerned that the Lansing maps do not accurately reflect the community, particularly on the issue of partisan fairness. Our current state House maps have 3 Dem districts, 2 Republican districts and 1 swing district (D71 - Eaton County area) in Greater Lansing. However, the new proposed maps have 3 Dem districts and 3 Republican districts because the vast majority of Dem voters in our region have been packed into 3 districts. This means there are no competitive House districts in Greater Lansing and violates criteria 4 (partisan fairness). This is an example of gerrymandering that goes even further than the 2011 maps. This is fixable. The Senate maps you have already produced used boundaries that make sense to Lansing residents and reflect partisan fairness and our communities of interest. We can apply similar parameters to the House maps to make it more fair. The three changes that would make all of the difference are: 1) Put Delta Township back in the Eaton County-based district (this helps keep the communities of interest in Eaton together). 2) Split East Lansing and Meridian Township north and south. You used the river to help divide the city of Lansing in the current House maps. Similarly, use Grand River Ave to divide East Lansing and Meridian in a similar manner. This is a boundary that residents know and can easily use to determine where they live, plus it keeps communities together because it separates the distinct East Lansing permanent resident community from the distinct EL student community and aligns with local school districts, which EL and Meridian Township residents are much more familiar with. 3) Keep splitting the city of Lansing as you have with the river. Just like with Grand River Ave, this makes it easy for residents to know which district they are in. This would leave two competitive districts, 3 Democratic districts, and 1 Republican districts in Greater Lansing, a better reflection of our partisan makeup. It would help shift maps across the state to reflect better partisan fairness as well. Thank you very much for your consideration, Rachel Cichon

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.

The city of St. Clair Shores is is 3 districts? How does this make sense?

It makes no sense to slice up Detroit and join them with communities outside of Wayne County. Why not keep distrcits to exist within Detroit? Please also do not disassemble neighborhoods on the east side of Detroit (Cornerstone Village, Morningside, East English Village) - keep them in the same district.

Please do not break up Novi into two district. This is particularly harmful to the APIA community in P14.

There is no reason to have so many county boundaries crossed by districts of this size. Please consider my map which minimized county and city cross overs and also has a very low population deviation of 1.37% max. https://districtr.org/plan/49177

Back to the drawing board!. These maps favor republicans

Grass Lake, Blackman Twp, Jackson, Michigan Center attached to Chelsea?? This is not a community of interest. Please redraw this entire map based on the community of interest comments given in Jackson earlier this year

What happened to the Lakeshore CoI map? I and many others made positive comments last week regarding that map. The lake shore is unified naturally but when interrupted lines exist one area can allow things another doesn’t. The ecological, tourist and climate issues are unique to this natural formation. Rural areas share realities with other rural areas. Please bring back the coastal plan.

how can you possibly connect Waterloo with the east side of Ann Arbor? that in no way represents any of the majority of community of interest comments given over the last several months. this map clearly favors on party over the other. please redraw this map per directive #3 in the constitution

Poorly drawn; this map is does not conform at all to the community of interest comments given in jackson so many months ago. how can you possibly connect Napoleon, Summit Twp, Novell etc to Ann Arbor. These population centers/demographics couldnt be more dissimilar.

The city of Novi needs to be kept in one district. To do otherwise disempowers our AAPI community and creates unnecessary complexity.

There is only one reason for the existence of the ICRC: end partisan advantage in districts. Whether that advantage is created deliberately or inadvertently is of no consequence. The result either way is to thwart the expressed will of the voters. The Lansing area districts will contribute to the gerrymandering problem, not solve it. Please ensure that you fix the Lansing area and the overall skew toward Republicans that is the clear result of the current draft House map. This is at the core of your mission as members of the ICRC.

The commission needs to unpack Lansing to create fair districts. There are many ways to do this, but one would be to recognize the Lansing five. The commission could move Delta TWP into Eaton County and let it anchor its own district. The city of Lansing could anchor its own. East Lansing could anchor its own district, Delhi TWP, its own, and then Meridian TWP, its own district. This would do two things. First, it keeps communities of interest together and puts communities with different interests apart. Second, it increases partisan fairness. Both of these are requirements and should be addressed.

Not politically balanced

The maps of the Lansing area are unfair and favor Republicans. Put Delta Township back in Eaton County.

thank you for your hard work developing independent redistricting maps. They improve greatly on the current maps and promise a more representative process for all of Michigan. As a resident of Greater Lansing, I do have concerns with the state House maps for my region. The six districts in Greater Lansing all appear to be uncompetitive, with Democratic voters and Republican voters packed into three districts apiece. Further, the locations of the splits result in districts that don't clearly reflect boundaries between communities of interest. I suggest that you split East Lansing and Meridian Township along Grand River Avenue. This major highway divides Michigan State University from most of the established neighborhoods in East Lansing and is a widely recognized landmark in the area. Further, it would connect the suburb of Okemos with the nearby towns of Williamston and Mason. On the west side, I suggest that you include Delta Township, which is in Eaton County, with much of the rest of Eaton County - including the towns of Dimondale, Potterville and Charlotte - rather than merging it with northern Lansing, as it is in the proposed plan. That would require the northern suburbs of Lansing to be merged with the northern city of Lansing, which seems preferable. I do like the north-south division of the City of Lansing itself, and hope that you include that in any revisions. This scheme is logical and easy to justify. If you work with these modifications, you will find it possible to develop more competitive districts that have logical divisions and better link communities of interest in the Greater Lansing region. Any partitioning plan has advantages and disadvantages, but I hope that you consider these suggestions. Thanks again for your hard work.

This map appears to put the city of Dowagiac in a separate district from Southwestern Michigan College. This is insane! SMC has a Dowagiac address and is integrally connected to the city. Most of the college's employees come from Dowagiac, the two plan many events together, people in the city support the college financially and the residents of Dowagiac pay taxes to support the college. Dowagiac high school students attend SMC as dual enrolled students. I could go on and on. I live in Dowagiac and worked at the college for 35 years. The college and Dowagiac must be in the same district

Keep the cities of Northville, Plymouth and Northville Township in the same district.

District 76 should include Walker, Grandville, Wyoming, Grand Rapids Township and Ada since they are suburb cities/township to Grand Rapids

Districts drawn should do more than follow units of government lines. These districts do not take into account the history of development and the major transportation routes that the community has developed around. This district has distinct areas: M-6 in the south; 44th St in the middle, 28th Street/Chicago Drive in the north. Districts should be drawn more along east/west configuration, unless the area is along the Division/US 131 area which goes north/south, or Kalamazoo Ave.

Districts drawn should do more than follow units of government lines. These districts do not take into account the history of development and the major transportation routes that the community has developed around. This district has distinct areas: M-6 in the south; 44th St in the middle, 28th Street/Chicago Drive in the north. Districts should be drawn more along east/west configuration, unless the area is along the Division/US 131 area which goes north/south, or Kalamazoo Ave.

Flint needs its own representative; the city should not be split. Genesee County will not have minority representation with the current maps because of the split of the City of Flint and the African American Population. Flint is and has historically been faced with unique challenges specific to the City and Flint needs its own Representative. Based on the current maps, Flint may not have its own Representative.

The way Southwest Grand Rapids area is configured, you are gerrymandering the Hispanic community out of representation. The history of development for Grand Rapids was growth to the Southwest towards Grandville and the establishment of Wyoming. That area is now home to a thriving Hispanic community but everyone drawing maps is more focused on the traditional gerrymandering of seats to the South Grand Rapids African-American community and the Southwest White suburban community.

Your maps unfairly benefit Republicans. Your job isn’t done until you fix that. The state house maps are worse relative to the state senate and congressional maps!

The way you drew the state House maps, there are 3 VERY safe Democratic districts and 2 Republican districts. You packed most of the Democratic voters in our region into 3 districts, gerrymandering the region worse than the 2011 maps. There are NO competitive House districts in the Greater Lansing Region as you have currently drawn the state House maps. This is a big reason why your state House maps are still not meeting criteria 4 (partisan fairness) when you look at them statewide. You can fix this by doing three things in the Great Lansing Region: 1. Put Delta Township back in the Eaton County-based district. 2. Split East Lansing and Meridian Township north and south like you did with the city of Lansing. You used the river to help divide the city of Lansing in the current House maps. Use Grand River Ave to divide East Lansing and Meridian in a similar manner. 3. Keep splitting the city of Lansing as you have with the river. If you do this, you will end up with 4 competitive districts and 1 Democratic district. Here is what fair districts in the Lansing region look like: https://bit.ly/3j1Io63. This will also help your House maps meet the partisan fairness criteria statewide.

This would be a better map if Delta Township were removed.

The city of Novi should not be divided into 2 districts. This dilutes the Asian-American voices. Our city already has 4 different school districts - splitting our city into different districts further adds undue complexity. Please keep Novi together.

I don't like this map - eliminate Delta Township and it would be better.

I agree with Sharon Baseman. These north-south vertical housedistricts violate COI and will likely deprive Detroit of adequate representation contrary to the VRA.

These maps divide too many communities and do not take COIs into consideration. Keep Waterford and other communities whole and with their COIs!

I agree with the other commenter that Pontiac and Auburn Hills should be in a district together, also keep Waterford whole. There is no need to divide these communities and deny them their voices.

Really at this point i am not sure what the difference in between the three maps. All of this maps are looking at going vertical and break up citys and combining them in with other multiple citys above or below them. This is going to result in areas not getting the representation they need. The current maps do a better job than this right now.

The most important thing we need these maps to be is partisan fairness. The commission is so far ussing voting data from 2012 to now with equal weightage. That should not be done. The electorate of ten years ago do not reflect how it will look over the nnext ten yeras. They should provide more weightage to the reecent elections and strive to create fairer maps. As an example the map proposed by AFL-CIO is mmuch fairer than any of the maps the commission has proposed.

Unevenly balanced -please do not use

Farmington and Farmington Hills combined makes a state House district. Farmington Hills should not be split into 2 or 3 (can't tell on map). Farmington and Farmington Hills should be united in a district. We share a school district and library system and many community endeavors. Farmington Hills has a lot more in common with Farmington than Southfield. Farmington currently is drawn into Detroit (Wayne County).

The Lansing area map is a good example of vote-packing, giving an unfair advantage to one party (Republican) over the other (Democratic). It needs unpacking!

Please keep the city of Novi intact - our Asian community of interest should not be sliced up across districts. Keep on this map.

This map of the 58th splits off the northern tier of township in Shiawassee County from the whole, diminishing this community of interest

I believe the Lansing districts are unfair because Lansing is packed into 3 districts and Delta Township is placed into District 91. Delta Township relates to Eaton County and not Lansing. I volunteer in Delta Township and I know this to be true. This map needs to be fixed.

Flint needs its own representative and should not be split. This map works against minority representation in the city of Flint, which is unacceptable because of the particular challenges the city has faced and is facing.

Bloomfield Township is being divided up into at least three different House seats. This is NOT good for our community!

It is not evident that the proposed districts result in competitive elections which allow results that reflect the partisan votes. In other words, if Democrats get 55% of votes statewide, they should get about 55% of the legislative seats. (Or conversely, if the Republicans get 55% of the vote, they should get about 55% of the seats). Currently, districts unfairly tilt toward Republicans.

Talk about gerrymandering. This makes our current maps look good!

Novi and South Lyon ought to be kept together, and tied to communities in Oakland County, and not in a district shared with Washtenaw.

Pontiac and Auburn Hills should be in the same district.

The Grosse Pointes should not be grouped in with downtown Detroit

keep harper woods and the Grosse Pointes together with the east side.

Lansing area districts pack Democrats into three districts creating an advantage for Republicans. Please fix this issue to create a level playing field.

Novi should not be divided between two different districts. It needs to be returned to district 110. By separating the city, it works to silence the voices of the AAPI population. Beyond that, this map divides many school districts that should be kept together to best serve the needs of their communities, while at the same time lumping parts of communities that share very few common issues or concerns.

The districts for the Lansing area are unfair because they pack Democrats from Eaton and Ingham County into three districts. This creates unfair partisan advantage and needs to be fixed

The most important thing the Commission can do is give us maps that are fair. That's what the overwhelming majority of Michigan voters were voting for when they approved the Independent Commission. These maps for the Lansing area are anything but fair. They pack Democrats into three districts thereby limiting their political impact. This practice--packing--is one of the forms of gerrymandering we voted to eliminate. We will wonder what it was all for if we end up like the districts proposed for the Lansing area.

Don’t break up Novi! This particularly impacts the APIA community as P14 has the highest APIA population in Novi and it’s voice would be lost if dumped with other cities and county.

Don’t break up Novi! This particularly impacts the APIA community as P14 has the highest APIA population in Novi and it’s voice would be lost if dumped with other cities and county.

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. As a former school board member, being in touch with multiple legislative representatives would be a challenge to representation.

The Lansing area map gives an unfair advantage to Republicans. Please fix this. Put Delta Township back with the rest of Eaton County.

Delta Township belongs with Eaton County, not the city of Lansing

Delta Township belongs with Eaton County, not the city of Lansing

The Lansing Area map does not appear fair to me. I worked on getting this redistricting plan passed and hoped for a more balanced approach.

Please do not put Lansing and Delta Township in the same district. It creates unfairness due to packing and would advantage one party.

The Lansing area map is unfair and does not correct the problems that currently exist. It packs Democrats into 3 districts which gives an unfair advantage to Republicans. Please correct this.

Again these maps make no sense. go back to the drawing board. This is not fair at all that you are sheading communities and communities who work closely with one another. obviously you know nothing about communities in Detroit as you are doing nothing but try and destroy them Please check the Cody Rouge Neighborhood Boundaries

North Lansing & Lansing Township have economic and infrastructure in common with Lansing. They need to be in a district with Lansing, not Clinton County & St. Johns.

The Lansing area map is very unfair. It gives an unfair advantage to Republicans. This map needs to be unpacked. Put Delta back with Eaton. Please fix this. Maps should be fair.

Delta Township is in Eaton County and provides for a voting base that is equally balances the Republicans and Democrats. The whole point of this redistricting action is to equalize.

I live in Eaton County and Delta Township should be put back into Eaton County. Excluding Delta Township creates a republican district out of a swing district. To correct this Delta Township should be put back into Eaton County.

My county residence is Eaton. The map does not serve the people of Eaton Co. It packs Dems into 3 districts. This makes Eaton co. which was a swing district into a Republican district. Put Delta Township back into Eaton CO.

The Lansing region maps are unfair because they pack Democrats into 3 districts. Please fix this and create fair districts for the Lansing area and fair statewide maps.

I don't like any of the state house maps proposed. It is obvious the commission is purely guessing on what to do with West Michigan/Grand Rapids. I like district 75, but 79/86 are lacking. I live in proposed district 96 and while I don't think the district is perfect, Alaska/Middleville/Caledonia/Lowell are very similar as a community of interest.

Re: the Lansing area map. I want maps to be fair and meet the criterion of not giving an unfair advantage to one party over the over. This map packs Democrats into three districts in an Ingham-Eaton district, but Delta township should have its own Mi state house district in Eaton county. That would be more more fair.

If "communities of interest" are a chief concern of this commission, then splitting a single precinct off from its city, school district, and home county is not a defensible action. Please keep Novi whole, or risk diminishing one of the shining examples of exemplary districts in the state

Keep Novi together as it was in previous versions of this map. This latest version makes no sense for the school districts and crosses 3 counties! The communities in these areas have nothing in common and do not share resources. It will also disenfranchise Novi's important AAPI community and threaten the diversity of our current district. Even putting together ballots for this proposed district would be a nightmare. All of Novi should be in 110.

Please keep Novi together! At the VERY least, Novi precinct 14 should be moved from 36 BACK to 110 as it was on previous maps. By separating P14 from the rest of Novi, the AAPI community is split up and our school district is split up and makes no sense. Please move Novi P14 back to 110!

There are three maps, and there is no variety in this area at all. Reaching every district in these zip codes across 8 mile in slim, siloed districts, up several miles into communities that have little in common is a mistake. There is some positive to reaching across 8-mile, but doing so in these sliver-like districts it is only dividing Detroit neighborhoods and diluting the population's vote. Anywhere north of 696 has very different interests, challenges, and populations from Detroit. What does Birmingham have in common with Winship? Huntington Woods with Bagley? There's some good though in District 18 along the Woodward Corridor, but it separates University District and Palmer Woods from their most near neighbors.

Put all of Novi in 110. This set up is muting the voices of our Asian community in that part of Novi. Please move it to join the rest of the City of Novi.

Please keep the city of Novi in one district so we can have better representation for our cities diverse population.

All of Novi should be in one district. please move the balance of Novi into 110, instead of having a chunk of Novi in 38. Novi is a very diverse area on its own and needs to have all of our citizens represented by the same person to work for our mutual goals. We have one of the leading school districts in the state and need to have someone protecting the interest of the school system so it can continue to be a leader in the area. Additionally, this map has put a large section of our AAPI voters in 38 where their voices will be drown out by the rural voters they are sharing the district with. PLEASE KEEP NOVI VOTERS TOGETHER.

Proposed House District 36 has been one of the fastest growing areas of the state over the past 10 years. It's expected to see a lot of additional population growth over the next 10 years. This district will quickly become overweighted population-wise as the population continues to grow. In fact, considering the population numbers are based on the 2020 Census, the current overweight is probably even higher than the numbers presented. Shifting at least one of the more built-out Novi precincts into the Proposed House District 110 will ensure that these districts better conform to the equal population requirement now and into the future.

Please relocate Delta Township to a district that lies within the true boundaries of Eaton County. The proposed 91st district is mostly in the City of Lansing and Ingham County, which has a totally different makeup of all attributes that redistricting was supposed to correct. The proposed district that Delta lies in, does nothing to correct the issues that need to be fixed, financially, racially, or economically. Delta is the center of diversity in Eaton County... the remainder of the County needs more of the diversity that Delta has!!!

The Delta Township democrats should not be packed in with Ingham County! Please redraw to make this fair.

The Lansing House districts are unfair and contribute to making the statewide map unfair. This needs to be fixed. One way is to move Delta Township back with other Eaton communities.

Delta Township is in Eaton County and needs to stay in the same district as the rest of the county for optimal representation in the State House.

As I have watched this commission go from an original map that made perfect sense having the City of Battle Creek, Springfield, Townships of Pennfield, Bedford, Emmett all of which share a Library, Police and Fire Services, School Systems, Ambulance Service, have members on BCATS, AMASA boards together, and share many other services, to now a District that is clearly stretched and once again gerrymandered for political purposes only, and it is disappointing. To say that Battle Creek and Albion are these close communities is simply false. You can not even drive between the two without going through another proposed District. I also see that the City of Albion and Albion Township have been separated? So this commission is saying Battle Creek and the surrounding townships have more in common than the City of Albion and Albion Township? I also bring up the fact that the children of Albion attend Marshall schools not Battle Creek. When the proposal to merge the Albion students to Marshall members of both communities talked about everything they had in common and not one person brought up that Albion and Battle Creek should be together. Last I will say that the current 62nd District that you have turned into the 74th District minus Albion Township was one of the main examples that was used to point to gerrymandered and stretched districts. The people voted to eliminate exactly what is being done in the proposed 74th District.

KEEP WATERFORD UNITED!

Wyoming should not be split up in this way. Nearly all public comment regarding Wyoming stated that it should be combined with Grandville at the state house level.

There are 3 State House maps being considered for advancement. Each and every one of these state House maps favors Republicans by a disproportionate amount. They all but guarantee Republican majorities for the next decade. The commissioners must apply partisan fairness standards.

The City of Novi is one of the most diverse cities in Michigan. It should be kept intact as many groups of interest are represented and our House seat should reflect that.

The City of Flint needs its own representative and should not be split. If this map stands, Genesee County will not have minority representation because of the split of the City of Flint and the African American population in this and the surrounding areas. Flint is and has historically been faced with unique challenges specific to the City and it needs its own Representative. Based on the current maps, Flint may not have its own Representative. Flint is a community of interest that should be within one State House district.

As a former Mayor of Farmington Hills, I worked closely with the City of Farmington for what was in the best interests of our citizens. Farmington and Farmington Hills have been in the same Representative District for the 38 years I have lived here. This map splits a very close knit community unnecessarily. Keep us together.

We need an Eaton County-centered district that is anchored by Delta Township. I believe the districts should follow county boundaries as much as possible.

This map formEaton County would seriously alter the balance of the electorate. It packs Delta Township and Lansing leaving Eaton County split into disjointed fragments. It would not serve the people of Eaton County fairly.

This map divides Eaton County among 5 different districts, which likely will leave a lot of issues in limbo. With most of Eaton County in one district, ours has been a swing district which allows all voters a voice. This map would deprive Eaton County of the balance it now has. Please separate Delta Township from Lansing and keep it with the rest of Eaton County.

The City of Novi extends from 8 mile to 14 mile and yet this proposal divides the city and places us in areas that have nothing in common. Novi is a diversely rich city that finally achieved a decent partisan balance. However, this proposal tips the balance in the Republican favor and nearly eliminates the voice of the our minority, and specifically, AAPI communities in northern Novi. Please do not cut off this portion of Novi from the city resources that makes us the wonderful community we are today. Please move the portion of Novi in 36 to 110 and keep us together.

I do not like this District because it lumps Watertown Twp. in with St. Johns MI. This District should be redrawn, into a District that reflects Watertown as relationship with the city of Lansing. Greater Lansing should be a least four Districts maybe five. Watertown should be considered "Northwest" Lansing. My mailing address is Lansing, not St. Johns.

I strongly oppose the splitting of Novi and lobbing the northern neighborhoods - which are of a strong AAPI makeup - with the rural Washtenaw communities of Superior Twp, Salem, etc. How that constitutes "communities of interest" is a mystery. Please consider putting the northern Novi sections of district 36 back into district 110. As well, each and every one of these state House maps favors Republicans by a disproportionate amount. The purpose of the ballot initiative was to make this process fair and to take partisan thumbs off the scales. The GOP has controled the legislature for decades and now is the time, and we have the opportunity to make truly fair and competitive districts in this state. These maps do not yet reflect that. We are a leans Democrat state, however our maps continue to favor republicans. More Michiganders vote Democrats with dems getting more votes statewide, and yet republicans continue to hold more seats. Please, make these maps fair and live up to the promise of the 2018 ballot initiative and let the voters pick their reps and not the other way around. The Commissioners must apply partisan fairness standards and live up to the spirit of the law that was passed by 2/3 or Michigan voters.

I should have explained that Delta Township's business center is where we in Dimondale/Eaton go to for our purchasing needs. Our community is Delta-not Lansing. Please keep us with Delta.

I live in Dimondale/Eaton County and know that we belong with Delta Township--not the city of Lansing.

While my county was drawn well, I feel bad for the good people of rural Jackson County (and suburban Summit Township) who were thrown in to a partisan gerrymander with Ann Arbor, of which they have little in common.

By carving Delta Township out of Eaton County and packing it in with another Democratic-leaning area, you are diluting the votes of the residents of Delta Twp. It should be included in a district within Eaton County.

You've packed the Lansing area. Delta TWP should have its own state House district inside of Eaton County. Please change the lines.

This map and others creates disproportionate partisan advantage for Republicans in the Lansing Area by packing Democrats from Delta Twp in Eaton County in with Ingham. You create 3 massively Democratic districts (wasting votes) and spread out the rural votes (maximizing Republican votes. There are many solutions, but one is to put Delta back in Eaton County (and maybe bring over the Ingham portion of Waverly School District with it) Make an Eaton-centric district (including its biggest community Delta Twp.) like we have now.

This map splits Manistee County into two different state house districts. It is extremely important to keep rural counties whole and represented by one representative. It should not be difficult to hit the populations target by keeping sparsely populated rural counties whole.

The current District 16 extends from Birmingham to Detroit at I-96, which makes no sense. It includes small pieces of too many very different different cities and towns across two counties. There is not enough common interests in terms of business, community programs, infrastructure, public health, or education. It looks randomly drawn and gerrymandered, and I worry it attempts to dilute the minority majority districts of Wayne County in the process. This must be redrawn.

This is a terrible map for Warren, Sterling Heights, and surrounding areas. It just slices and dices everyone up.

I appreciate that Oakland, Wayne, and Macomb county leadership should be acting in a more regional way. I don't think cross-county districts is the way to do it, if that is the thinking behind these three maps. Southern Oakland and Northern Wayne districts as drawn, extend too far north-south, again assuring many citizens will not understand where their district begins or ends. Electors deserve clarity. Candidates must be able to reach out and listen.

Please give the residents of south Warren a voice in the legislature. This map does not do that. Merge the portions of south Warren in this map into a single district. That is the only fair way to draw Warren

Commissioners must apply partisan fairness standards

All 3 maps currently favor Republicans. Also, Oakland County is a huge economic engine that needs to be together. Why would Detroit and Madison Heights be together? It makes no sense.

I have the biggest issues with the proposed house maps of the three maps being drawn. All of them would continue to heavily favor republicans and continue having gerrymandering determine the state house, despite there being more democratic voters in the state as shown by the most recent statewide elections. Greater effort should be taken to draw a fair map here that would more closely represent the Michigan populace.

This map divides cities, townships and schools districts unnecessarily, while combining communities without any common interests or socioeconomic demographics and seriously marginalizes Detroit residents. It favors Republicans despite the Commission's directive to ensure partisan fairness.

What this map does across Oakland County is a hot mess. The breaking up of the greater Farmington community, a diverse community in its own right that is presently represented by one member of the State House makes no sense. That district should have been left alone as it presently is. Instead, this map illogically carves it into three different districts. What is presented in District 9 basically slides together all the areas of more affluence, which is not a COI. District 5’s tortured drawing eleven miles across but only a mile wide in many places grabs the less affluent areas, dives across Southfield, and then reaches south three miles by one-half or one mile into Wayne County/Detroit. There is no commonality of interest here. Please help me understand the logic here, as it was not explained during the drawing. In District 110, the map pulls out much of greater Farmington’s AAPI community, negatively affecting diversity. Up until this past week or so, the commission kept the greater Farmington community intact. That made the most sense as we share a school district, a community library, a chamber of commerce, parks, festivals, and parades. We speak over 90 languages in our homes. Our residents elect a diverse city council and school board. These crazy lines look like more of a gerrymander than is there now and were only dropped on communities in the past week or so. It feels like a bait-and-switch is being performed by the commission to chop up communities, but to what end? PLEASE…keep the Greater Farmington Community intact and take a closer look at the value add of the chopping up happening across Oakland County.

Come on commissioners, just look at this district 19 and many more. Gerrymandered! Districts should be more compact...NOT look like salamanders again. Draw the district lines from east to west (horizontally). Stop creating districts from north to south (vertically) for you are including Wayne County with Oakland County cities/communities and Wayne County with Macomb County cities/communities. Many of the districts on this map in SE Michigan look like salamanders (gerrymandered). Back to the drawing board, Please! Thank you.

I was brought here by an email from the Washtenaw County Democratic Party that instructed people exactly what to put in their comment as a buzzword. Email attached.

It's absolutely absurd that the Ann Arbor area would be represented by 3 different representatives. This map is created solely to bolster democratic numbers at the state and national level as opposed to creating a map that allows for the people to be represented by someone who has their best interests in mind.

The current proposal for Novi makes zero sense to how we operate as a city and community. We consistently share resources with neighboring cities such has Northville, Walled Lake/Wixom, Farmington Hills and Farmington. We even had a consortium for Novi, FH, and Farmington at one point. We have zero in common with the rural communities outside of our area and share no commonality in operations. You are also marginalizing our growing diverse population here with how you cut this map. You are cutting up school districts, and including counties that have nothing to do with our area and our neighbors. Novi to the north needs to be whole with the rest of our community. You are cutting Precinct 14 out of its own community. It is taking voters who are in Novi schools out of our community and right now that area also has the largest Asian demographic in our town. You will be marginalizing that demographic, which is very disturbing. I voted on redistricting to make people's voices better heard and the cutting up of communities come to an end. Why is this being perpetuated? People's voices need to be heard - not just two from parties. Make this make sense.

This map heavily favors Republicans even though a majority of Michigan votes Democratic. I know the Commissioners are working very hard, but we need to go back to the drawing board to come up with a fair map.

I urge the commission to please place Precinct 14 in Novi to District 110, instead of where it is currently in District 36. This precinct has a significant AAPI community, and there are fears that their voices may not be heard if they are kept with District 36. On the other hand, if the precinct is placed with 110, they can be part of a coalition/voting bloc so that their interests are better served. I hope that the commission considers this proposal so that we ensure that Precinct 14 has a voice and that voice is heard.

As a resident of Ann Arbor, I reject the current unfairness of forcing my political opinion on the residents of Ypsilanti. Ypsilanti deserves to anchor its won senate district and to have its own political voice in our state legislature. Separate Ypsi and Ann Arbor

I’m extremely disappointed to see that these proposed House District maps still have Novi split in half. Novi extends from 8 Mile Rd to 14 Mile Rd. NOVI SHOULD BE KEPT WHOLE. Novi is not 2 separate entities and it should not be divided. The proposed North Novi District stretches to rural parts of Washtenaw County. Southwest Oakland County doesn't have any similarities to rural Washtenaw County. There are no shared services nor similar demographics. Novi is a growing city with a significant AAPI community similar to Troy. Dividing Novi in half diminishes the voting power of the AAPI community and other communities of color and suppresses important voices in democracy. Novi shares school districts with Northville and Walled Lake and works with Farmington and Farmington Hills. The proposed State House maps have put precincts 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 in HD 36 and the rest of Novi’s precincts in HD 110. Novi Precinct 14 has the highest percentage of AAPI voters in the city but it will be separated from the rest of the local AAPI community according to these proposed maps. Also, Novi Precinct 14 is the only precinct in the Novi Community School District that is not included in HD 110. DO NOT DIVIDE NOVI INTO TWO DISTRICTS. KEEP NOVI TOGETHER IN ONE DISTRICT and include the areas that border it.

Keep working. This map is also nonesense. Detroit does not belong in Oakland. It deserves it own representative. Verticle lines, dividing Oak Park and Southfield, not keeping community of interests together, and preferring Republicans is not what the Constitution requires or why we voted for a Re-Districting Committee. Foremost is the need for partisan fairness. Second, keep communities who already work together together. Third, give Detroit its due and let it stand alone. And 4th, do not splinter Oakland County one of Michigan's economic generators. We want a stronger better state not a 3rd world disaster.

All of the districts in SE Oakland County are bad. State House districts should not split communities, and this splits Oak Park into two districts, as well as Southfield and other communities. These districts should not go into Detroit -- it dilutes the vote in Detroit and creates the possibility that Detroiters will not have representation. The SE corner of Oakland should remain together -- Huntington Woods, Oak Park, Ferndale, Pleasant Ridge, RO Township, Madison Heights and Hazel Park. These districts should have a more horizontal configuration than a vertical configuration as they currently are. This is also true of south Macomb County and Detroit -- they should be separate for many reasons, but the dilution of the Detroit vote and the possibility of Detroit having no representation makes this unviable. Also, as a whole, this map skews much more Republican and is not a fair map. This practically guarantees a Republican majority for the next 10 years. The redistricting of the Oakland/Macomb/Detroit area of the map needs to basically start over.

It appears this map is too far drawn into Wayne county. It could be more east west to include Eastpointe and would help keep communities of Warren and Eastpointe together and not favor so much of Wayne County and leave Warren, Eastpointe and Centerline residents at a real disadvantage in having our voiced hears

NovI P 14 belongs in Novi’s State District! Do not split up the APIA community of our city!!

Fix this to include Pontiac with Auburn Hills and Bloomfield, and keep Waterford whole, as it was before Eid messed this area all up. Entire map is bad as well. It appears that no thought has been given as to how an elected official is going to adequately advocate for all the disparate and fractured communities across the state (which is the entire point of this exercise).

I strongly encourage the commissioners to consider putting Precinct 14 in Novi to District 110, instead of where it is currently in District 36. The precinct has a significant population of APIA but their influence and voices is diluted by being in the minority in 36. In 110, they can be part of a majority and form a voting bloc with similar interests. Thank you.