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The Fourth of July commemorates the abiding right of the governed to alter or abolish any form of government that ignores the people’s voice. That right was enshrined in the Pennsylvania Constitution, which declares that “all power is inherent in the people” who have “at all times an inalienable and indefeasible right to alter, reform or abolish their government in such manner as they may think proper.”
Join us for a Day of Action on June 9 to say “Give the bills a vote!”
Congratulations to Bob Millman, winner of our Gerry-Explainer video contest!
Fair Districts PA and the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania invite you to submit a short explainer video as part of the People-Powered Fair Maps initiative.
Census Day is April 1, 2020. That’s not the day the census starts, but when you respond to the census, you tell the Census Bureau where you live as of April 1.
Over 600 registered, and more than 800 were expected, for a very large Rally to End Gerrymandering in Harrisburg on March 23.
We sometimes hear “legislators are required to draw district lines.”
Do they?
PA house and senate districts are drawn by the LRC: the Legislative Reapportionment Commission.
Fair Districts PA Chair Carol Kuniholm is writing a letter a week to all PA legislators, and we are publishing those letters here. Please read Carol’s letter and then take a moment to write one of your own to your state representative and senator. For contact information, click here
On January 31 Senate Bills 1022 and 1023 were introduced and referred to the Senate State Government Committee.