prison-gerrymandering

A voting sign in Philadelphia

‘We’re in a moment’: Is it time to expand voting rights for incarcerated Pennsylvanians?

BY: - May 28, 2023

'When I was told I could vote, it was an amazing feeling,” Jessie Tate said. “It felt so good. They gave you an ‘I voted’ sticker, and I was walking around with that sticker on all day long.”  

The ceiling of the main Rotunda inside Pennsylvania’s Capitol building. May 24, 2022. Harrisburg, Pa. (Photo by Amanda Berg, for the Capital-Star).

Despite population growth, minorities lost representation in redistricting | Friday Morning Coffee

BY: - December 9, 2022

Pa. was among the states that bucked the trend. How did that happen?

COMMENTARY

Prison Gerrymandering: Who counts in Pennsylvania? That depends on who’s counting | Opinion

BY: - January 17, 2022

Incarceration should not obliterate civic engagement – or inflate long-standing imbalances of power.

Pa. redistricting commission to count people in prison at their old home, not in their cell

BY: - August 24, 2021

This will effectively mark a small but meaningful shift in population from Pennsylvania countryside to it’s cities, increasing urban representation while reducing rural representation.

COMMENTARY

My son is incarcerated. Prison gerrymandering silences his voice. It’s time to end it | Opinion

BY: - August 24, 2021

You may not be in the same situation that our family is in, but I would bet you can understand the hurt I feel when I can’t get my child — my family, my world — the help he needs.