In Genesee County, Democrats won eight of nine seats in November — even though Democrats only received 50 percent of all votes for county commissioners.
In Macomb County, Republicans won eight of 13 seats with 52 percent of the total votes, excluding the one district in which the Republican had no Democratic challenger.
In Kent County, Republicans won 12 of 21 seats with just 50 percent of all commissioner votes.
Randomly selected from over 9,000 applicants, the MICRC is comprised of
13 citizens from across the state of Michigan. They include four people who
affiliate with the Democratic party, five Independents who do not affiliate
with either major party, and four who affiliate with the Republican party.
I actually voted for this measure and remember people collecting signatures because they were fed up with each party taking turns nuking the district allocation each time they were the majority and happened to catch the decade census.
At the risk of potentially doxxing myself, here is one such before and after of a voting district:
And Democrats.
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Michigan County Commission districts:
I actually voted for this measure and remember people collecting signatures because they were fed up with each party taking turns nuking the district allocation each time they were the majority and happened to catch the decade census.
At the risk of potentially doxxing myself, here is one such before and after of a voting district:
(before)
(after)