Please keep the districts in the district in regards for the waterway and the community of the Chaldean. Keep the Crane map. They need representation too.

This map represents the Chaldean people in Troy and Sterling Heights. I prefer to have Rochester Hills instead of Madison Heights. Please consider this commissioners. Thank you!

This map is acceptable for Chaldeans. Please read this submission: https://www.michigan-mapping.org/submission/f10285. Thanks commissioners!

This map is good and represents Chaldean people in Troy and Sterling Heights. I would prefer to also include Rochester Hills but I dont see a map with all the city as a whole together. So this map is good.

District 10 represents Chaldean people! Thank you commissioners for including all of Sterling Heights in this map along with all of Troy!

The best map for Chaldeans in District 10! This map represent my people.

This map is the best. It does a good job of reflecting the Detroit neighborhood communities of interest. It is good for the chaldeans and the arab americans, who are both important. And it scores well on all other metrics.

its good for the house its good for the senate in detroit.

This also protects Detroit similar to the house map you completed. THank you!

Here is a map that respects our people! Uniting our Chaldean community of interest with Troy and Sterling Heights and similar precincts nearby, you are doing what is right. Thank you!

Hi commissioners! Please read the letter, link at the end of this comment, by Mr. Martin Manna before your deliberations next week. Please do not marginalize Chaldeans... Reject Heron/Szetela/Starling and adopt Cardinal. https://www.michigan-mapping.org/submission/f10285

Cardinal District 10 respects my Chaldeans community of interest. Reject Szetela, Heron and Starling the same way these maps rejects my Chaldean people.

Cardinal represents my Chaldean community in District 10. Cardinal respects all COIs and it is fair as well. Please commissioners, remember COIs is higher than any Partisan Fairness matrix that many here are claiming and using as their only matrix. Thank you commissioners.

I want make this simple, while there are few acceptable maps that Chaldeans can live with, the 2 that must be rejected are Heron and Szetela. Our number 1 choice is Cardinal! Thanks commissioners! :) No one likes Starling anyway so dont choose Starling!

Mr. Martin Manna serves as Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce and Chaldean Community Foundation. Please Read his letter on the MICRC public comments portal and REJECT Heron and Szetela maps! Choose Cardinal. Thank you commissioners! https://www.michigan-mapping.org/submission/f10285

This map serves my community in District 10! Please choose this map! Chaldean Voices Matter!!!

The Michigan State Constitution places COIs ahead of others' lower goals. It would be unconstitutional to place lower criteria ahead of COIs, and would be unconstitutional to negatively impact COIs. This map accomplishes both. This is a good map.

This map finally has a goal of prioritizing communities of interest (which ranks higher than some of the other commenters seem to understand). It does this with the outer suburban communities of interest, but it also does this with the city of Detroit. It builds on the Motown Sound communities of interest. And if it was good enough for the House, it should be good enough for the Senate.

Here is a good united district for my community. I would recommend you read Martin Manna's letter from our community foundation before you pick one of the other maps that intentionally hurt our people.

All of the negative comments and red dots are coming from the other parts of the state! They think they know better than us, but they don't! Plus, this map is actually partisan fair so idk where their talking points are coming from, but they're not well informed.

Cardinal is fair and is fair to the communities of interest. Communities of interest are the most important. These districts make the most sense.

This map treats Chaldeans in Sterling Heights and Troy fairly. Thank you commissioners for Cardinal. Please choose it as the final senate map.

This map keeps Chaldeans in Sterling Heights and Troy Together.

Cardinal map is the best map for Chaldeans and all the other COIs. It is scores very high on the Partisan Fairness scale.

This is the best map for Chaldean people commissioners! :) District 10 is drawn beautifully! District 9 in Crane, Dove, Curry, Kellom, Lange, Orton or Wagner are also good for Chaldean community but Cardinal is the number 1 choice. :)

This is a very good representation for the Chaldeans in the whole city of Sterling Heights and the whole city of Troy! There are Chaldeans in Madison heights too so this map is acceptable!

I think this map has one of the better combinations of COIs and partisan fairness. It respects the Troy/Sterling Heights Chaldean community, the Dearborn Arab community, and gives Detroiters a real voice this time. Well done.

I meant district 10 below not 9. Very good for the Chaldean people!

This is a very good map for the Chaldean community in district 9!

This is the best redrawn map. It protects communities of interest and gives Detroit the best representation.

Cuts up Pontiac and negatively impacts fair representation. It would better to combine Pontiac with Southfield and Royal Oak Twp. The voting efficiency numbers are terrible.

Great map for the Chaldean community! Also scores very well on the Partisan fairness scale! Not sure what others are talking about saying this map isnt fair. Those pepole are not giving legit reason. Just spamming the comment portal without actually giving a reason. Like some of the negative comment below. Why isnt it good? Its great all over! For COIs and partisan fairness.

Heron is the most fair map by far......it accomplishes what we set out to do.

Heron is clearly the most fail map....that is what we had in mind when we passed 2.

Great choice for Chaldeans! It does exclude the Chaldeans in Rochester Hills but it includes the Chaldeans in Sterling Heights East of Van Dyke. This map, Crane or Dove are good choices for the Chaldean community!

I am not sure why comments are saying are saying this map doesn’t have partisan fairness. According to the commissions data, as they went through earlier today, it has about equal partisan fairness with the Sztella (404) & Kellom (403) maps. I like Cardinal the best for community reasons. I like how the Chaldean community has a voice by making Sterling Heights whole and pairing it with Troy and Madison Heights, both communities that citizens all visit due to the proximity of I75. I also like how Farmington and Farmington hills are kept whole with West Bloomfield. I like how District 9 pairs Pontiac with Bloomfield and Rochester Hills. This configuration makes much more sense to me than pairing Pontiac with Southfield. Pontiac and Southfield have nothing to do with each other, and anyone who lives in Oakland County knows that. I like that District 2 includes Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, Melvindale, and some of Warrendale without including Taylor in the district. Finally, I like how the Detroit Districts are configured. Much like the House map, they cross 8-mile in ways that make sense and guarantee the MOST representation, both politically and culturally, to the voters of Detroit. There is clearly a group working to disparage this map due to partisan fairness, even though it scores well on the partisan fairness measures.

This map protects my Chaldean community. My community matters!!! We matter!!! People attacking a map that protects my community's voice are attacking my community!

This Cardinal map is well rounded and a great map. It is good for the suburban COIs like the Arab and Chaldean COIs, and is good with the neighborhood COIs together. Plus, on top of that, it has as good partisan fairness scores as anything else. Go Cardinal!!!

The Cardinal map has the HIGHEST score for partisan neutrality. The very objective of drawing new maps is to assure impartiality on behalf of all parties that meets the standards of our Michigan and United States Constitution. This map represents that objective best.

Like this map the best

It’s encouraging to see the commission recognize the importance of protecting the Arab vote. It’s a critical time for our community and our voice is being silenced across this country. This map addresses the systemic disenfranchisement compared to previously enacted maps. We are the largest city with an Arab majority in the U.S. Please do not be complicit in silencing our voice at this time.

This map does a good job of protecting communities of interest while keeping good partisan fairness, reflecting the balanced nature of our state. No political party should have an unfair advantage in our state. And protecting communities of interest guarantees that local needs and identities are respected, allowing for better representation. This map best reflects the diverse political views of our state, ensuring that all voices are heard and considered.

MICRC was sold to the voting public as a plan that would put voters over politicians. This map does the best job of protecting the commission's stated goal - protecting communities of interest. We need to make sure that the public does not lose faith in this commission. We need to choose a map that best reflects the will of the voters!

Protects the Clinton Watershed Community of interest. Our area has the huge sinkhole and impacts our particular communities. Other communities have no impact on these issues, therefore, we need to keep the cardinal map.

I think the best districting option is one that is fair to all voters, irrespective of race creed color or political balance.

As a younger voter, I appreciate the fact that the "Cardinal" map has the highest score for partisan fairness. It also protects the Clinton River watershed and Lake St. Claire communities of interest. Please adopt the "Cardinal" map.

Please support the Cardinal map. Best partisan fairness, protects the lakeshore, and doesn't change the district in my home community in Shelby Twp. Reject the Heron map as it destroys the community of interest of my Chaldean neighbors.

Scores at the top of the partisan fairness measures adopted by the MICRC to judge maps.

This map is the most fair out of all the maps and protects communities on interest.

The Cardinal map follows the standards that Michigan and the US have set in the Constitution.

Protects Lake St. Clair Community of Interest by keeping the lakeshore district whole.

Protects the Lakes St. Clair Community of interest by keeping lakeshore district whole

I support the Cardinal Map: We need to protect the Chaldean American Community Interest. We need to adheres to the strict standards of the Michigan & United States Constitutions.

Protects the Lakes St. Clair Community of interest by keeping lakeshore district whole

Protects the Chaldean American Community of Interest.

Scores at the top of the partisan fairness measures adopted by the MICRC to judge maps. Protects the Chaldean American Community of Interest. Protects Lake St. Clair Community of Interest by keeping the lakeshore district whole. Protects the Clinton River Watershed Community of Interest. Has 4 Voting Rights Act compliant districts. Adheres to the strict standards of the Michigan and United States Constitutions.

Scores at the top of the partisan fairness measures adopted by the MICRC to judge maps.

Protects the Chaldean American Community of Interest and the waterways in Clinton Twp. Please keep this one!

I favor the Cardinal Map. It to me seems to be the fairest. Among other things, it protects both the Chaldean American Community as well as the Lake St. Clair community of interest, both of which are highly important. I urge you to adopt the most fair Cardinal map! Thanks for your consideration.

Keeping Macomb Township and other large communities in Macomb together is only fair. Our communities should not be divided between two senators. My daughter is part of the Chaldean Community, the Chaldean Community of interest should not be divided.

Protects the Clinton River Watershed Community of Interest. I want to be in a district that reflects my interests.

The Cardinal Map is best because it is only fair to keep communities like Shelby Township, Sterling Heights, and other Macomb County Communities together.

The representation in the district is not appropriate because the district is to diverse to be represented by one senator.

All maps should represent fairness to all peoples in the district. The Heron map does not appropriately represent the Chaldean Community. The current 11th district map was already ruled unconstitutional and the Heron map is almost identical to that map. So the Heron map should not be adopted. I am in favor of the Cardinal map because it is a fair reflection of the community. It also protects the Chaldean communities' voices

Adheres to the Strict standards of the Michigan and US constitutions. The map should not be based on race but just population.

Protects the Chaldean American Community of Interest living in my neighborhood!

Sterling Heights should have one senator and we should NOT break up the Chaldean community. Thank you for your time.

Keeping Sterling Heights together and like communities is fair.

Protects the Lakes St. Clair Community of interest by keeping lakeshore district whole.

Scores at the top of the partisan fairness measures adopted by the MICRC to judge maps.

This map is in proportion and better suited for our area and Macomb County.

Scores at the top of the partisan fairness measures adopted by the MICRC to judge maps. Protects the Chaldean American Community of Interest. Adheres to the strict standards of the Michigan and United States Constitutions.

Protects the Chaldean American Community of Interest

Adheres to the strict standards of the Michigan and US constitutions.

I'm in favor of the Cardinal Map because it is the fairest map for keeping the common community of interests together in Macomb County.

I'm in favor of the Cardinal Map because it is the fairest map for keeping the common community of interests together in Macomb County.

Scores at the top of the partisan fairness measures adopted by the MICRC to judge maps. Protects Lake St. Clair Community of Interest by keeping the lakeshore district whole. Protects the Clinton River Watershed Community of Interest. Has 4 Voting Rights Act compliant districts. Adheres to the strict standards of the Michigan and United States Constitutions.

Keep Sterling Heights together. I want one senator for my home community. It makes sense for our county and our state. Thank you.

Protects the Chaldean American Community of Interest who are my neighbors!

I want to keep Sterling Heights together. We should not have two senators in Sterling Heights.

I am in favor of the Cardinal Map because it follows the Michigan constitution and is most fair to their constitutes.

Protects the lake St. Clair community of interest by keeping the lakeshore district whole.

Scores at the top of the partisan fairness measures adopted by the MICRC to judge maps. Protects the Chaldean American Community of Interest. Protects Lake St. Clair Community of Interest by keeping the lakeshore district whole. Protects the Clinton River Watershed Community of Interest. Has 4 Voting Rights Act compliant districts. Adheres to the strict standards of the Michigan and United States Constitutions.

Both maps destroy the Chaldeann American Community of Interest by dividing the Chaldean community, three major Chaldean Catholic Church parishes, and the Chaldean American Community Foundation

I want to have the Cardinal Map or the Dove Map to put into effect. I want the Heron map to be destroyed.

I want to have the Cardinal Map or the Dove Map to put into effect. I want the Heron map to be destroyed.

Protects the Clinton Watershed Community of interest

Protects Lake St. Clair Community of Interest by keeping the lakeshore district whole.

Scores at the top of the partisan fairness measures adopted by the MICRC to judge maps.

Breaking up Macomb County to have senators cover both counties or different communities of interest is NOT in the best interest of voters. I strongly believe keeping big communities of interest, like Shelby Township and or Sterling Heights is critical for fair representation.

Scores at the top of the partisan fairness measures adopted by the MICRC to judge maps.

Protects the Clinton Watershed Community of interest

Keeping communities of interests together is important in Macomb County - Lakeshore district, Sterling Heights, and the Chaldean community for example. They should not have to have two or three senators. Thank you.

I want the Chaldean districts kept together, there is no need to break up that community. They need a unified voice in Lansing, not divided districts. Districts should be grouped east and west, not north and south. North and south will divide the Chaldean community.

I want the Chaldean districts kept together, there is no need to break up that community. They need a unified voice in Lansing, not divided districts. Districts should be grouped east and west, not north and south. North and south will divide the Chaldean community.

This map has the best communities of interest in oakland, wayne, macomb counties AND it has really high partisan fairness numbers. The people that say that this is not partisan fair enough must be being told what to say. They haven't looked at the numbers themselves otherwise they would know.

This map does a great job protecting our communities of interest in Macomb County. It keeps the lakeshore whole, allows for an advocate for the Clinton River Watershed, and keeps three major Chaldean Catholic Churches in the same district with the community foundation and large numbers of Chaldean citizens. Also has the best partisan fairness scores of maps that also defend vital communities.

I like this map as an option. It has an excellent partisan fairness score.

Thank you for respecting the communities of interest in this cardinal map. This Arabic region, the chaldean region up in oakland, and keeping the other geographic communities together is important. Please vote for cardinal.

This map does not maintain partisan fairness. Please do not select this map.

This cardinal map is arguably the best or second-best map that the commission has done. It respects the suburban communities like the Taylor, the Chaldean, the Arabic, and others. Importantly, it also respects the Detroit neighborhoods, too. On top of that, this map is fair.

I like Cardinal because it protects the most talked about communities of ethnic and other interests: Arabic, Chaldean, Bengali, LGBTQ, jewish, others. It is also one of the absolute best top partisan fairness scores. It has a Democrat advantage of 0.8 efficiency gap and 22-16 democratic seats advantage. I know communities of interest are higher, but this partisan fairness is really good too.

This map looks good for communities of interest in the area.

This is a good design for western oakland. good work

As someone who has lived in all three of the counties in question, I think this is a good version of a senate map. Not every split is going to be ideal for every group, but you can clearly see how hard the commissioners worked to listen to everyone's opinions and groups with this map.

Unlike some other maps, this "Cardinal" variation is a positive development for the commissioners as a whole. I personally applaud your work to make the Farmingtons whole once more, to give Macomb County residents their fair due, to adequately respect all the necessary ethnic communities of interest, and to proudly protect the neighborhoods of Detroit. It's not entirely perfect, however, this is a step in the right direction for the people of our greater metro Detroit with "Cardinal."

This map does a good job of trying to preserve the chaldean coi with all of Troy and Sterling Heights. It also preserves the lakeshore coi, The central macomb community is protected. The rest of oakland looks good, too. Overall Cardinal is a good attempt at preserving COIs. This should be supported.

The new State Senate district 10 on this map beautifully contains a true broader community of interest with common travel patterns, a middle class resident base, and a rich diversity of racial and ethnic groups. It includes all of Troy, Madison Heights, Utica, and Sterling Heights, not splitting any of these major cities, thus maintaining intact these truest core communities of interest. This area is served by common public transit SMART system routes, and contains many of the shopping and recreational centers used by its residents. It combines a large Asian population in Troy and Madison Heights with a large Middle Eastern/North African population in Troy and the Chaldean community of Sterling Heights, in addition to Eastern European and earlier migrant waves. In its middle section, its boundaries map fairly closely to the current Michigan 56th and 57th State House districts, which will align these areas in a common political community and allow natural movement of political candidates between local government positions, the state House and the state Senate. This will attract better candidates to long-term political careers and foster a vibrant political culture.