redistricting-reform
‘We want to fix Harrisburg’: Reformers summit seeks solutions to state government’s woes
The event, sponsored by Fair Districts PA and the League of Women Voters of Pa., kicks off Saturday.
Ex-Pa. House leader Reed: Supremes need to do redistricting in public | Monday Morning Coffee
Four years after his congressional ambitions were scuttled, Dave Reed still has thoughts.
We tried drawing our own Pa. congressional maps. Here’s what we came up with
With the Keystone State deep in the throes of the decennial redrawing of its legislative and congressional maps, the staff of the Capital-Star decided to try its hand at this incredibly important exercise in representative democracy.
Pa. House GOP pushes measure to restrict Wolf emergency response, remake judiciary
The Republican-controlled Pennsylvania House advanced two constitutional amendments Tuesday that would address their long simmering balance of power grievances.
New electoral districts are coming – an old approach can show if they’re fair | Opinion
In the modern era, advanced math and computer algorithms are regularly used to analyze potential district boundaries, making it easier to spot these unfairnesses, called gerrymandering. But there is a simpler way – and it’s based on a system used early in the country’s history.
Republicans didn’t just win Legislatures, they won the power to influence elections for years to come| Analysis
State legislatures, which will draw congressional districts that last through 2030, are dominated by the GOP.
Toomey, Rendell’s call for term limits won’t fix our politics. These two moves will | Thursday Morning Coffee
Toomey, Rendell pitch term limits as a cure for our politics. It'll really take structural changes that neither would willingly embrace.
Our declaration of independence: Pa. wants redistricting reform. Lawmakers have failed to listen | Opinion
We have attempted every lawful avenue of request, petitioning our legislators in every way we know, All have been met with silence.
How the 2020 census could impact Pa.’s redistricting efforts
The answer, redistricting reform advocates say, is in the accuracy of the count.
Census 2020: Pa. is expected to lose a seat in Congress. Here’s why that’s a huge deal
With about 13 million people as of last year, Pennsylvania is the nation’s 5th most populous state. But other states, particularly those in the Sun Belt, are growing faster.
New report blames gerrymandering for stalled gun-safety bills
Most Pennsylvanians favor stricter gun laws, recent polling suggests, but efforts to advance gun safety legislation have languished in the Legislature.
With redistricting reform in park, advocacy group releases poll showing public support for change
Two-thirds of registered voters (67 percent) back the creation of an independent commission to draw legislative district lines.