Gerrymandering Case Heads to Trial After Court Rejects Michigan Secretary of State's Settlement

Governing: A federal three-judge panel on Friday rejected Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson's proposed consent decree to end a gerrymandering lawsuit brought by the Michigan League of Women Voters.

Instead, the panel ordered the case -- which alleges Michigan Republicans who control the Legislature unconstitutionally gerrymandered Michigan's congressional, state Senate and state House seats to benefit their candidates and disadvantage Democrats-- to go to trial on Tuesday.

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