Michigan lawsuit, although intrastate.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/05/redistricting-panel-ask-supreme-court-delay-new-maps-deadline/4597235001/?force_isolation=trueMichigan's new redistricting commission plans to ask the Michigan Supreme Court to extend the Nov. 1 deadline for completing the redrawing of the state's voting boundaries.
The 13-member Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission voted unanimously Friday to seek relief from the High Court at the recommendation of its counsel because late Census Bureau population data will make it impossible to meet the Nov. 1 deadline outlined in the state Constitution.
The request would be filed in conjunction with Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, whose office faces similar deadline conflicts because of the delay in Census Bureau data, said Julianne Pastula, general counsel for the commission.
If the commission doesn't file proactively to delay the deadline, it would open itself to actions filed by a third party on the same subject, Pastula said.
"If we don't take action, we're going to become victims basically; it's going to be dictated to us," said commission member Doug Clark. If the commission has "ownership" of the process, Clark said, “we get to draft the terms that we think are in our favor at least going to the Supreme Court.”
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