PA Supreme Court Selects New Congressional Map With ‘Least Change

Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2022-02-28/census/pa-supreme-court-selects-new-congressional-map-with-least-change/a78041-1 February 28, 2022 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has picked a new congressional map after a monthslong battle between Republican lawmakers and Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration. … Continued

PA Judge Recommends Adopting GOP-Supported Congressional Map

Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2022-02-10/census/pa-judge-recommends-adopting-gop-supported-congressional-map/a77803-1 February 10, 2022 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window A Pennsylvania judge is recommending the state Supreme Court adopt a congressional redistricting map vetoed by Gov. Tom Wolf after passage by … Continued

Congressional Map Selection Moves to PA Supreme Court and Other Redistricting News

From Fair Districts PA (http://www.fairdistrictspa.com): The Legislative Reapportionment Commission is meeting this Friday, Feb. 4, to vote on PA House and Senate maps. These will be the final maps, barring appeal and action by PA courts. The meeting will be … Continued

Update on Mail-In Voting and Redistricting

From Spotlight PA (https://www.spotlightpa.org/): In a pair of potentially seismic election year cases, Commonwealth Court threw out Pennsylvania’s expanded mail voting law on Friday and continued weighing its choices for the state’s next congressional map. The GOP-led court tossed the mail voting … Continued

Federal Judges Leave New Pa. Congressional Map in Place For Now – but Fast-Track Hearings On It

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

Supreme Court Blocks Pennsylvania GOP’s Attempt to Restore Gerrymandered Map for 2018

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

Court Orders New Pennsylvania Congressional District Map, Says It Favored GOP

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