A grassroots anti-gerrymandering group seeking to pass a ballot initiative that would allow for a balanced redistricting process that does not favor any one party is facing an attack from the Michigan Chamber of Commerce.
The chamber, which has endorsed Republican Attorney General Bill Schuette for governor, is a key backer of a conservative group attempting to thwart the anti-gerrymandering proposal by ballot committee Voters Not Politicians. According to a report published by the Associated Press, the conservative group, Citizens Protecting Michigan’s Constitution, received $100,000 from the Michigan chamber's political action committee in February and $85,000 in in-kind legal services in March from the Michigan Chamber Litigation Center.
Citizens Protecting Michigan’s Constitution last week filed a challenge to the proposal with the state board of elections and also filed suit in the court of appeals.…