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On June 27, the US Supreme Court delivered a 6-3 decision in the case of Moore v Harper, rejecting a legal theory that had major implications for the future of redistricting in every state, including Pennsylvania.
The May 31 Zoom forum, Pennsylvania Redistricting: Lessons Learned and Next Steps for Reform, was attended by around 250 Pennsylvanians eager for change.
Over 150 volunteers from across the state donned Fair Districts PA or Fix Harrisburg hats, shirts and pins and hit the polls on May 16, PA’s primary election day.
John Kromer, a Fair Districts PA volunteer, recently completed a book on urban planning, housing and community development entitled Fixing Broken Cities: New Investment Policies for a Changed World. The final chapter tells the story of citizen engagement in the work of Fair Districts PA.
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The Fair Districts PA rules research team has spent much time in the past few weeks reviewing House Resolution 1, discussing the process leading up to the vote on March 1, and looking back at final statistics from the 2021-2022 session.
In a short but historic week, PA house members elected a new speaker and approved new House rules with significant changes.
Hundreds of Pennsylvanians from across the commonwealth participated in Speaker Mark Rozzi’s Listening Tour sessions from January 25 to February 2.
In 2022, the PA General Assembly passed five constitutional amendments as part of one bill, Senate Bill 106, with late night votes weeks after the normal start of summer recess. After voter outcry about one of those amendments, the PA Senate has struck again, unbundling the five, then putting a different mix of three together in just three legislative days.
We are not lawyers, parliamentarians or procedural experts, but we HAVE spent the last few years deep in research on rules in use in other states and have also logged hundreds of hours of conversation with Pennsylvania legislators in both parties and both chambers.