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Pa. state senators introduce open primary bill | Monday Morning Coffee

BY: - May 1, 2023

Today is the deadline to register to vote in the May 16 primary -- but only if you're registered with one of the Big Two parties. A bill before the state Senate would change that.

Pa.’s bitter, chaotic redistricting cycle likely to reach crescendo in court

BY: - January 12, 2022

To be sure, they are giving it a go. New state House and Senate maps could be approved as soon as next week by the Legislative Reapportionment Commission under constitutionally required deadlines.

Listening to GOP lawmakers, Pa. House committee doesn’t vote on citizen-drawn map

BY: - December 13, 2021

Advocates, Democrats wait to see that they've been heard on congressional lines.

‘It’s a Rubik’s Cube’: Pa. grapples with competing redistricting priorities

BY: - September 9, 2021

Some advocates organized a coalition of dozens of academic and civic groups known as Draw the Lines PA, which is led by the Committee of Seventy, a Philadelphia-based good government organization, have already released their own map as a starting point.

Pa. redistricting is poised to be transparent. Will it be fair? Advocates think yes.

BY: - July 13, 2021

Pennsylvanians will be able to participate in perhaps more than a dozen hearings on their congressional and legislative maps in the coming months, as well as submit their own maps online.