Legislators are back in Harrisburg this month, and that means it’s time for them to hold hearings on SB22 and HB722, the bills that could amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to end gerrymandering for good.
PA legislators return from recess in September. We need your help to put redistricting reform at the top of their fall agenda.
When election maps are drawn by party leaders to protect their jobs and their party, voters and communities lose their voice.
On July 4, 1776, American patriots declared their independence from a political system that denied real representation and ignored the consent of the governed.
On June 15 the Public Interest Law Center filed suit on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania lawsuit and plaintiffs from every PA congressional district.
Today the Public Interest Law Center filed a legal challenge to Pennsylvania’s gerrymandered congressional districts.
On May 9 the Brennan Center for Justice released a report applying new standards of fairness to congressional district maps across the United States.
On April 18, Representatives Steve Samuelson (Democrat from Northampton County) and Eric Roe (Republican from Chester County) shared the co-sponsor memo for House Bill 722.
On February 16 PA State Senators Lisa Boscola (D-18, Lehigh/Northampton) and Mario Scavello (R-40, Monroe/Northampton) introduced bipartisan legislation that would establish an independent commission to draw up Pennsylvania’s congressional and state legislative district maps.
Representatives of Fair Districts PA have been speaking at dozens of events, large and small, across the state. In many cases the crowds are far larger than expected.