League of Women Voters of Michigan urges public engagement in redistricting process
The League of Women Voters of Michigan is urging voters to get involved in the redistricting process by submitting written testimony and maps to the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC) using the MICRC Public Comment Portal at www.michigan-mapping.org.
Anyone in Michigan can use the Portal to submit written testimony and maps, draw maps or comment on other citizens’ maps to make their voices heard in the redistricting process. A YouTube video explains how to submit materials to MICRC Public Comment Portal.
“For many years, redistricting was a political process that took place behind closed doors,” said Christina Schlitt, president of the League of Women Voters of Michigan. “Now that regular citizens have the power to draw the state’s new legislative and congressional districts, it’s important for them to get involved in the process and make their voices heard. Using the Public Comment Portal to submit written testimony and maps directly to the commission is the best way to do that.”
Leagues across the state have undertaken a widespread effort to educate voters on redistricting and to ensure the MICRC is doing what voters have asked: allow residents to draw district lines instead of legislators or special interests. The Commission is hosting public hearings across the state until July 1 where residents can learn more and can comment on how they want the MICRC to draw the district lines. To learn more from the League about redistricting, visit www.lwvmi.org/issues/redistricting.html.
‘Disinformation: The Challenges to Democracy’ focus of ABA webinar June 23
The American Bar Association will present a webinar on “Disinformation: The Challenges to Democracy” on Wednesday, June 23, beginning at 2 p.m.
As long as politics and elections have existed, there have always been false claims and exaggerations by leaders, candidates, their backers and even commentators. But the explosion of Internet access and social media usage in recent years has turned aberrational misinformation into a global epidemic of disinformation. The webinar’s panelists will address this challenging issue from Canadian and U.S. perspectives.
Speaking at the online program will be Eve Gaumond – director, Innovative Ideas Incubator Program, International Observatory on the Societal Impacts of AI and Digital Technology; and Ellen L. Weintraub – commissioner, U.S. Federal Election Commission.
Co-moderators for the webinar inlcude Allan W. Damer, principal, Legal Counsel, Allan W. Damer Professional Corporation, vice-chair, Constitutional and Human Rights Law Section, Canadian Bar Association; and Claire Rajan, senior counsel, Allen & Overy LLP, co-chair, Free Speech and Free Press Committee, ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice
To register for this free webinar, visit www.americanbar.org and click on “events.”
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