Act TODAY to Stop Judicial Gerrymandering

Thanks to UU Justice PA (https://uujusticepa.org/):

Yesterday we warned you about House Bill 2207, being fast-tracked through the state legislature, possibly by WEDNESDAY, that would ultimately give the majority party in each chamber of the legislature the power to draw legislative and congressional districts — thereby letting the politicians pick their voters instead of the other way around.

Here’s what the majority is up to today:

House Bill 38 is a proposed constitutional amendment is an attack on the independence of our state’s highest courts. It is a threat to our democracy, as it would allow legislators to create gerrymandered districts for judicial elections to give one or another party an advantage.

We need to stop it.

Even if you have already taken action, please write or call your state representative again right now by using our online tool -And then please ask 5 friends to do so as well.

This amendment would disenfranchise 9 million PA voters and give legislators unchecked power over who is elected to the courts, further politicizing the judicial branch that is supposed to act as an impartial system of checks and balances.

This legislation passed the Senate and the House last year, and is now in its second consecutive session as constitutional amendments need to pass the full legislature twice.

It needs to be stopped here.  The independence of our courts and our very democracy is at stake.

Though the bill passed the judiciary committee last year–the narrow vote margin with which it did so and the long delay in sending it to the floor of the House shows us how much our emails, calls, and tweets matter. We need your help to increase the volume and ensure every legislator hears that their constituents want them to vote NO on this attempt to gerrymander our judicial elections.

Click here to take ACTION: https://www.congressweb.com/PBPC/2#/2

The proposed change to our PA Constitution would silence every voter in the Commonwealth. Pennsylvania’s voters would no longer have a say in the selection or retention of every appellate judge who would be the ultimate and final say on cases about our lives and communities.

Now’s the time to get loud and make sure we STOP House Bill 38 and STOP judicial gerrymandering!