Calling All Advocates, Organizers, Supporters, and Michigan Residents:

We have a very small window to get S.B. 494, a vital piece of legislation, across the finish line before the Lame Duck session ends. Your help is needed now to ensure this critical bill advances.

S.B. 494 addresses the harmful practice of prison gerrymandering, where incarcerated individuals are counted as residents of the districts where they are imprisoned, not their home communities. This unfair practice distorts representation, inflates the political power of prison districts, and weakens the voices of the communities most impacted by incarceration.

The bill has already passed the Senate and could go to the House floor for a final vote as early as Wednesday, December 18. Time is running out.

YOU can write to your state representative today and help us end prison gerrymandering in Michigan! Act Now!