Expert Panelists

• ​Dr. Moon Duchin, Tisch College Senior Fellow, Director, Science, Technology, and Society Program, Tufts University

• Dr. Ashton Shortridge, Professor, Department of Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University

• Dr. Corwin Smidt, Interim Director, Department of Political Science, Michigan State University

• Dr. John Chamberlin, Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

• Tom Ivacko, Executive Director, Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

• Dr. Jon X. Eguia, Professor of Economics, Michigan State University

• Eric Guthrie, State Demographer, State of Michigan

• Dr. Matt Grossmann, Director, Professor of Political Science, Institute for Public Policy and Social Research, Michigan State University

Panelist Biographies and Contacts (.pdf)

Presentations

• Demographic Presentation (.pdf)

• Ashton Shortridge Presentation (.pdf)

Exercises

• Map Simulation Exercise

Commissioner Practice Maps

1. https://districtr.org/plan/13160
2. https://districtr.org/plan/13278
3. https://districtr.org/plan/13288
4. https://districtr.org/plan/13232
5. https://districtr.org/plan/13212
6. https://districtr.org/plan/13209
7. https://districtr.org/plan/13151
8. https://districtr.org/plan/13105

Map Evaluation/Commentary

• Jon Eguia commentary (.pdf)
• Tom Ivacko commentary (.pdf)
• John Chamberlin commentary (.pdf)
• Corwin Smidt commentary (.pdf)
• Ashton Shortridge commentary (.pdf)
• Commentary from University of Michigan Lab of Geometry, Gerrymandering and Visualization Group (.pdf)
• Chen/Kollmann University of Michigan commentary (.pdf)

Communities of Interest Expert Panelists

• Mariana C. Martine, Director of Civic Engagement Initiatives, Michigan Nonprofit Association
• Susan Smith, Vice President – Advocacy, League of Women Voters of Michigan
• Moderator:Tom Ivacko, Executive Director, Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

Institute for Public Policy and Social Research

• Matt Grossmann, Director, Institute for Public Policy and Social Research, Professor of Political Science, College of Social Science, Michigan State University

Panelists Biographies and Contacts (.pdf)

Handouts and Online Resources

• Michigan Nonprofit Association
• Michigan Redistricting Initiative -- Michigan Nonprofit Association (.pdf)
• Background on the Michigan Nonprofit Association (.pdf)
• League of Women Voters of Michigan
• Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy, University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
• Institute for Public Policy and Social Research 
• The CLOSUP Redistricting Project
• CLOSUP report to MICRC 
• The role of Communities of Interest in redistricting (YouTube video)

Presentations

•  League of Women Voters Presentation (.pdf)
•  Michigan Nonprofit Association Presentation (.pdf)
•  CLOSUP Presentation (.pdf)

Exercises

• Drawing Michigan Communities (.pdf)

Voting Rights Expert Panelists

•  Leah Aden, Deputy Director of Litigation, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
•  David J. Becker, Executive Director and Founder, Center for Election Innovation & Research
•  Michael Li, Senior Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice
•  Moderator: Matt Grossmann, Director, Institute for Public Policy and Social Research, Professor of Political Science, Michigan State University

Panelists Biographies and Contacts (.pdf)

Handouts and Online Resources

• A short guide on redistricting (.pdf)
  • LDF will be releasing this year an updated version of long former version of the following guide with the Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund and Asians Americans. Watch for this upcoming volume.
• A short Q & A on at-large voting (.pdf)
• A short primer on Sections 2 & 3c of the Voting Rights Act (.pdf)
• A short primer on the costs of Section 2 litigation (.pdf)
• Common discriminatory voting changes (.pdf)
• Michigan Secretary of State Redistricting Commission

Presentations

• The Voting Rights Act: An Overview – Presentation from Michael C. Li (.pdf)