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Proposal 18-2 A proposed constitutional amendment to establish a commission of citizens with exclusive authority to adopt district boundaries for the Michigan Senate, Michigan House of Representatives and U.S. Congress, every 10 years This proposed constitutional amendment would: • Create a commission of 13 registered voters randomly selected by the Secretary of State: o 4 each who self-identify as affiliated with the 2 major political parties; and o 5 who self-identify as unaffiliated with major political parties. • Prohibit partisan officeholders and candidates, their employees, certain relatives, and lobbyists from serving as commissioners. • Establish new redistricting criteria including geographically...

JOHN CONYERS, JR. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Member of the radical Progressive CaucusOne of 13 founders of Congressional Black CaucusAdvocates freeing convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-JamalPlotted with radical Ramsey Clark and others about ways to impeach President George W. BushSpoke in 2003 at anti-Iraq War rally of pro-North Korean Marxist group International A.N.S.W.E.R.Voted against a resolution stating that "the United States and Israel are now engaged in a common struggle against terrorism."His district has a higher proportion of Muslims than any other in Congress, and his official congressional web site can be read in ArabicSpoke in 2005 at an event organized...