Michigan Proposal 18-2 Official Result: 2,522,355 Yes, 1,593,556 No; Amendment Effective December 22, 2018

The amendment was approved at the November 6, 2018 general election and became effective December 22, 2018. The Bureau of Elections’ official results list “Constitutional Amendment: Voters Not Politicians,” State Proposal 18-2, at 2,522,355 Yes (61.28 percent) and 1,593,556 No. The source read is the Internet Archive’s copy of the Bureau’s page, because the Bureau’s own host returned a Cloudflare block to a script on the day of the read. This entry adds the official figures to 2018-11-06–michigan-voters-not-politicians-independent-redistricting, which was written from secondary sources.

What the amendment does, in its own text. The commission “shall consist of 13 commissioners.” The secretary of state draws them at random from application pools: “four commissioners from each of the two pools of remaining applicants affiliating with a major party, and five commissioners from the pool of remaining non-affiliating applicants.” The article ends its commission provisions with: “In no event shall any body, except the independent citizens redistricting commission acting pursuant to this section, promulgate and adopt a redistricting plan or plans for this state.” That sentence takes the drawing of maps away from the legislature.

How citizens could do it. The constitution lets registered electors propose an amendment by petition signed by “at least 10 percent of the total vote cast for all candidates for governor at the last preceding general election at which a governor was elected.” Texas has no such route; see 2025-08-29–texas-governor-signs-hb-4-new-congressional-map.