Want input on PA redistricting? Here's how!

[Deminpenn]

https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvania/how-to-get-involved-in-pa-s-pivotal-redistricting-process/

The article is from SpotlightPA, but reprinted at link.

You can even draw and submit your own map.

[FakeNoose]

1. I hope they're keeping counties together as much as possible

If a county must be split, it should never be split into more than 2 adjacent districts.

[Deminpenn]

2. You can draw your own map and submit it!

There are open committee meetings - in fact 1 is today - and map drawing tools to help you design your map.

[Deminpenn]

3. New news on redistricting

Last edited Wed Aug 25, 2021, 05:34 AM - Edit history (1)

The redistricting commission (2D, 2R + 1 I, former Pitt Chancellor Mark Nordenberg) has said they will count prisons in their home communities, NOT in the communities in which they are jailed. This will have the effect of decreasing the Census population of the largely small and rural counties where the state prisons are generally located.

This is a positive for a fairer redistricting process.

More: https://www.timesonline.com/story/news/2021/08/24/pa-redistricting-commission-votes-end-prison-gerrymandering/5574424001/

The LRC vote was 3-2 in favor of ending "prison gerrymandering" with Nordenberg casting the tie-breaking vote.