Letter to PA Legislator: Who will draw PA house and senate maps in 2021?
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 provides timely updates to keep supporters and the press up to date. To find out what the press is reporting check out our “Media Highlights page”.
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.
Fair Districts PA began in January 2016 with a handful of organizations and a few volunteers.
The conference kicked off with announcing commitments from Senators Tom Killion and Lisa Boscola to introduce PA Senate versions of House Bills 22 and 23.
YES, Voters care about fair districts and are willing to sign a petition in support.
A just-released Franklin & Marshall College survey of registered voters shows overwhelming support for an independent citizens commission.
The terms “racial equity” and “communities of interest” are sometimes equated, as if respect for communities of interest is the sole and best guarantee of racial equity.
Three members of the first California Citizens Redistricting Commission visited Pennsylvania on September 16 to 18 to share their experience in drawing district lines. This was the third delegation from the commission to visit PA. As Commissioner Cynthia Dai said hopefully, “Maybe the third time’s the charm.”
Fair Districts PA supporters showed up in large numbers for the House State Government Committee hearing on September 18, 2019. After a staff scramble to find overflow space, Committee Chair Garth Everett invited attendees to sit on the floor, stand in the back, or move to a training room nearby to watch proceedings on a large screen tv.