Michigan’s push to end gerrymandering offers ‘hope’ for divided nation, advocates say | NBCNews

In push to end gerrymandering, an unlikely state steps into the spotlight

PORT HURON, Mich. – In a country where Democrats and Republicans have spent the past year battling over allegations of election fraud and attempts at voter suppression, the earnest scene playing out in a conference room here last week almost didn’t make sense. The stakes were high.