Reclaiming Our Democracy: Rally to End Gerrymandering!
Fair Districts PA supporters and allies packed the capitol rotunda on April 16 to show strong public support for an independent redistricting commission.
Fair Districts PA supporters and allies packed the capitol rotunda on April 16 to show strong public support for an independent redistricting commission.
On April 11, 2018, the House State Government Committee held a voting meeting on HB 722. An amendment was proposed that guts HB 722 and gives even more power to legislators. It passed.
On March 27, Senate Bill 22 was considered in the Senate State Government Committee, along with three other redistricting reform bills.
Three of the 14 California commissioners gave of their own time to share the message: average citizens, working together, can create fairer, more responsive district maps.
Three members of the award-winning California citizens redistricting commission will visit Pennsylvania to share their experience.
As we’ve said from the start: we need an independent redistricting commission with real opportunities for public input and strong safeguards for transparency.
Join us in asking our legislative leaders to move forward quickly with Senate Bill 22 and House Bill 722.
The PA Supreme Court found that our Congressional district map “clearly, plainly and palpably violates the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.”
All of Clinton County’s 29 municipalities, as well as its County Commissioners, have now passed resolutions supporting legislation that would end partisan gerrymandering in Pennsylvania.
How would pending litigation in Pennsylvania affect our efforts to achieve an independent citizens redistricting commission?