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Former Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Schwarz joined the board of Voters Not Politicians, a nonprofit, non-partisan group that's working to end gerrymandering in Michigan.
Schwarz represented Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2005 to 2007, and finished second in the Republican gubernatorial primary in 2002. He currently identifies as an independent.…