How can gerrymandering get worse? Lawmakers find a way. | Editorial
Philly.com | By The Inquirer Editorial Board
Harrisburg Republicans are acting like tyrants, using every legislative trick they can to undermine bills that would give voters the power to elect their own representatives.
They must know that if gerrymandering reform bills make it through the legislature, they’ll lose their power to fix elections. The reform bills would create an independent citizens commission that would balance legislative districts so that our representatives would have to listen to diverse views from a broader array of constituents.
News Digest :: June 15, 2018
Legislature Momentum growing for killing the Keystone Exams as a graduation requirement before it takes effect https://www.pennlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/06/momentum_growing_for_killing_t.html#incart_river_index There’s less precedent for regional judicial...Senate Democrats urge Speaker Turzai to refer SB 22 to House Rules Committee
PA Senate Democrats sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Turzai asking him to refer Senate Bill 22 to the House Rules Committee, for consideration and a motion to remove the Aument amendment on judicial districts. Loading... Taking too long? Reload document | Open in...State Senate OKs redistricting plan that would include judicial elections
By John Finnerty | Meadville Tribune
HARRISBURG — The state Senate on Wednesday voted 35-14 to approve a plan that would allow voters to decide whether to redo the way the state develops the maps used for elections of state and federal lawmakers and state appeals court judges.
Legislative Redistricting Reform Bill Proposing New SCOPA Districts Passes Senate
By Max Mitchell | The Legal Intelligencer
The Pennsylvania Senate has voted in favor of a bill aimed at reforming the legislative redistricting process—but the proposal it approved also aims to split the state Supreme Court into seven districts.