Updated: FEBRUARY 23, 2018 — 7:24 PM EST by Jonathan Lai & Liz Navratil – Staff Writers HARRISBURG — Republican efforts to block Pennsylvania’s new map of congressional districts suffered a setback Friday, as a federal three-judge panel declined to issue an emergency order to prevent it from … Continued
The purpose of this document is to illustrate the consequences of meeting the letter of the law on the various criteria for a map. We show that there are tradeoffs among criteria: being too compact leads to many split counties. … Continued
Marc Levy Of The Associated Press New proposals to redraw Pennsylvania’s congressional districts rolled in Thursday in a high-stakes gerrymandering case, meeting a court-ordered deadline to submit maps of boundaries for the state Supreme Court to consider adopting for this … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/02/05/supreme-court-blocks-pennsylvania-gops-attempt-restore-gerrymandered-map-2018 Published on Monday, February 05, 2018 by Common Dreams “The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the fundamental right of Pennsylvanians to fair representation—something they have been denied since this gerrymandered map was put in place.” By Jake … Continued
From the League of Women Voters PA (https://www.palwv.org/): Making sure that Pennsylvania’s voting machines are secure, accurate, functional and accessible for Pennsylvanians of all abilities is essential to protecting our democracy. Our voting machines are quickly reaching the end of … Continued
From Common Cause (http://www.commoncause.org): Elections are supposed to represent the will of the people, not politicians. But here in Pennsylvania, partisan politicians manipulate voting maps to keep themselves and their party in power. We need to reform the rules and … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-01-24/civil-rights/pa-gerrymandering-ruling-called-major-victory/a61159-1 January 24, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The court ordered that new congressional district lines be set by Feb. 19. (61-1099lm/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Election law advocates say … Continued
Top Prize $1,000 We are excited to send you the announcement of the 4th Annual League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania (LWVPA) 2018 High School Video Contest. Students are invited to create and submit 30-second videos that address the question: “What Makes … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/01/22/pennsylvania-supreme-court-smacks-down-gop-gerrymandered-congressional-map Published on Monday, January 22, 2018 by Common Dreams Decision hailed as ‘major victory for all Pennsylvanians’ By Andrea Germanos, staff writer Thanks to the new decision, said the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, “The new maps could … Continued
Posted at https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/22/politics/pennsylvania-congressional-district-map-thrown-out-gerrymandering/index.html By Eric Bradner, CNN Updated 2:41 PM ET, Mon January 22, 2018 Washington (CNN)The Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out the state’s congressional map Monday, ruling that Republican-drawn districts “clearly, plainly and palpably” violate the state’s constitution and ordering … Continued