Gerrymandering Reform Could Be Undone By Big Money In State Politics

Allegra Kirkland reports today on an effort by the Michigan Chamber of Commerce to get the courts to block a gerrymandering reform initiative.

Michigan has some of the most egregiously gerrymandered maps in the country. In 2012, Republican congressional candidates got just 45.6 percent of the vote, but wound up with nine out of 14 seats.

It looks like the state Supreme Court will have the final say on whether the reform measure, which would take control of the redistricting process away from partisan lawmakers and give it to a citizens’ commission, will end up on the November ballot. And here’s where things get interesting…