''independent'' redistricting commission caught in illegal act | Eastern NC Now

Only a few states have "independent redistricting commissions" but now a second one this cycle has been nailed for holding illegal secret meetings.  The latest scoflaw is Michigan's commission, following the very same problem in California.  Michigan's Supreme Court has ruled the commission's meeting illegal and required them to make public all documents, minutes, and recordings of their illegal closed door meeting.

https://redstate.com/tladuke/2021/12/21/michigan-redistricting-committee-forced-to-release-secret-meeting-audio-and-notes-n494825

Michigan's redistricting commission had previously come under fire for partisan Democrats sitting in seats designated for Independents.  The Michigan law allows prospective members to "self identify" whether they are Republican, Democrat, or Independent, and two people with extensive involvement with the Bernie Sanders wing of the Democrat Party self-identified as independents are were seated in slots reserved for independents.

These "independent" redistricting commissions seem more crooked and corrupt than legislators who do redistricting.