Jennifer Lawrence campaigns for Michigan's Proposal 2

Julie Hinds | Detroit Free Press

Jennifer Lawrence hopes the odds may be ever in Proposal 2's favor.

The "Hunger Games" star didn't put it exactly like that, but the Oscar-winning actress who played Katniss Everdeen in the franchise is urging Michigan voters to support the ballot proposal on November 6.

"Hi, Michigan, I'm Jennifer Lawrence," the actress says in a video posted on YouTube, wearing a gray T-shirt with an "Us" slogan and sitting in front of a plain background.

"Proposal 2 stops politicians from rigging our democracy."

Proposal 2 aims to stop the party in power in Lansing (currently the Republicans) from being able to draw the lines of legislative districts and instead create a citizens group that would be in charge of it.

Proponents of the plan say the issue here is gerrymandering, or the process of mapping out districts — often in convoluted shapes — to benefit the political party that's doing the drawing.

Lawrence is on the board of RepresentUs, which describes itself as an anti-corruption grassroots campaign trying to pass reforms and fix a broken election system.

“The fact that Jennifer Lawrence is speaking up for Michigan voters shows just how important this initiative is,” said a statement from Emily Wietecha, the campaign's metro Detroit leader.

Lawrence announced in February that she would be taking a year off to focus on politics, a decision fueled by the 2016 election of Donald Trump.

‘When Donald Trump got elected, my head exploded,’ Lawrence has said of her new activism. ‘I felt helpless, I felt scared, I felt devastated, and I found that the only thing I could actually do is educate myself."

Lawrence also released a video opposing three proposals that will be on the ballot in Memphis, Tennessee.

Contact Detroit Free Press pop culture writer Julie Hinds: 313-222-6427 or jhinds@freepress.com.