From Fair Districts PA (http://www.fairdistrictspa.com): The United States is the only major democracy that allows politicians to choose their voters by drawing electoral district lines. This is a conflict of interest that undermines the integrity of our elections. There is … Continued
From Fair Districts PA (http://www.fairdistrictspa.com): Great news! We’ve learned that the House State Government Committee has scheduled a public meeting on redistricting reform: September 18, 9 am, in the Irvis Building. Fair Districts PA leaders will be invited to present … Continued
About the Film Line in the Street is a new film about Gerrymandering, and the state constitutional lawsuit which redrew all 18 congressional voting districts in Pennsylvania in 2018 – a landmark case which held that partisan redistricting violates the … Continued
Posted at https://drawthelinespa.org/news/scotus-call-on-gerrymandering-does-not-undo-or-thwart-progress-that-pa-has-made Chris Satullo| June 27th, 2019 The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to shrug at extreme partisan gerrymandering is disappointing, but not surprising. Pennsylvanians, though, should realize this ruling does not undo progress at slaying the gerrymander in their state. … Continued
From Fair Districts PA (http://www.fairdistrictspa.com): On April 3, Senate Bill 22 was reintroduced by Senators Boscola and Folmer and a bipartisan list of cosponsors. The bill includes amendments negotiated among legislators in the late spring of 2018, minus the Aument … Continued
From Draw The Lines PA (https://drawthelinespa.org/): Podcast: The first of six Draw The Lines PA podcast episodes was posted on March 25. You won’t want to miss “Dude, who stole my seat?: The Jason Altmire Story” or any of the … Continued
From Draw the Lines PA (https://drawthelinespa.org/): We are encouraging congregations, adult classes, youth groups, reading groups, and any others in our communities of faith to consider drawing your own Pennsylvania redistricting maps. Draw the Lines PA provides software to help … Continued
From Fair Districts PA (http://www.fairdistrictspa.com): We’re not planning a major “everyone come” event, but we do want to show up in some force to say “we’re still here and we want this done!” If you can, join us for a … Continued
Rev. Jarrett Kerbel Rev. Jarrett Kerbel is rector of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church in Philadelphia and a member of DTL’s east regional steering committee. “So what is the ‘church’ reason for getting involved?” When a community organizer asks to meet … Continued
From Fair Districts PA (http://www.fairdistrictspa.com): Polling Place Outreach is an essential part of what we do. In the last three election cycles we have gathered nearly 50,000 names of voters who are now on record urging legislators to support the … Continued