Michigan Campaign Timeline

• MI Supreme Court rules Voters Not Politicians initiative to remain on the ballot
• Video celebrating the court’s ruling released

100 days until election

• MI Supreme Court hears arguments on independent redistricting ballot proposal
• Hundreds attend a protest outside of the courthouse as arguments heard inside

• Ad calling out MI Chamber President and CEO Rich Studley runs in the Lansing City Pulse
• Hundreds rally outside MI Hall of Justice
• MI Supreme Court hears case concerning ballot initiative—oral arguments can be viewed here
• MI Supreme Court Justice Viviano: “I don’t know what the voters are going to do. But the point is, it’s their power.”
• Represent Lansing co-leader Hugh McNichol IV publishes opinion piece clarifying RepresentUs’s position
• Actor Chris Pratt tweets in support of Hugh McNichol’s opinion piece

• RepresentUs airs radio spot advertising Wednesday protest on local stations TEAM 92.1 FM , WJIM , and WILS AM 1320
• Billboard truck deploys to drive around MI Hall of Justice area all day

RepresentUs issues press release: Chamber’s claims of intimidation baseless, lack evidence

• Patrick Levine Rose, MI election attorney, publishes letter defending RepresentUs against unsubstantiated accusations
• Detroit Free Press updates article alleging violent speech, includes quote by local chapter leader Hugh McNichol IV

Detroit Free Press article accuses RepresentUs of using or encouraging violent language—without proof

• Press coverage increases, with print, radio, and video coverage across the state (see below)
• The Detroit News’ Noah Finley accuses RepresentUs members of “terroristic tactics“

• Dozens rally outside of Deloitte, deliver petitions
  • Livestream from protest
• RepresentUs releases “marked-up” version of Chamber’s press release to clarify facts
• #DropTheSuit solidarity protests held around the country
• Celebrities join the fight on Twitter:
  • Adam McKay shares on Twitter
  • Actor Elizabeth Banks sends this tweet
  • Actor Jon Cryer retweets this tweet and the lead singer of Slipknot likes it
  • Sarah Silverman likes this tweet about our work
  • Anna Ortiz likes this tweet
  • Actor Kate Walsh likes this tweet
  • The Executive Producer of the Big Bang Theory, Adam McKay, and Public Citizen retweets this tweet
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger likes the tweet, too
• We publish a Reddit post to spread the campaign
• MI Chamber publishes 2nd press release about the campaign

Chamber of Commerce and Deloitte make public statements responding to the campaign:

• Chamber denies they support gerrymandering
• Deloitte claims the company doesn’t “take positions on political matters such as this”

We run full-page ads targeting the Chamber’s Chair in his hometown papers, the Oakland Press and the Daily Tribune, and the Detroit Free Press, the largest daily paper in Detroit

Chamber of Commerce Chair Mark Davidoff deletes his Twitter account

• RepresentUs publishes a Twitter thread calling out Mark Davidoff for supporting this lawsuit, reaching 33,075 people
• Chamber Chair Mark Davidoff contacts RepresentUs again with complaints

• Chamber of Commerce Chair Mark Davidoff calls RepresentUs HQ, asks that we stop targeting him
• RepresentUs rallies our national membership to deluge Deloitte’s social media with posts asking why they support the lawsuit
• Together with thousands of volunteers on the ground, we exposed efforts to kill the anti-gerrymandering ballot measure, with major press coverage in multiple news outlets