08

Aug

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Parties Debate Timeliness of Lawsuit in PA Congressional Map Challenge

By Editor

A group of voters in Pennsylvania started the 2020 litigation cycle early by suing in Pennsylvania state court over the state's congressional map. The lawsuit presumes that the state legislature…

03

Sep

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Watch: Pennsylvania Redistricting Reform Town Hall Discusses Anti-Gerrymandering Legislation

By Michelle Davis

Interested in Pennsylvania redistricting reform? Watch this recent town hall organized by reform group Fair Districts PA to discuss the Legislative and Congressional Redistricting Act (LACRA), which has been introduced…

01

Nov

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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Pennsylvania Republican’s Congressional Map Appeal

By Michelle Davis

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari to Republican lawmakers in the Pennsylvania legislature after a January ruling by the Pa. State Supreme Court invalidating the congressional map enacted by…

12

Mar

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ABC News Takes a Deeper Look at Pennsylvania’s New Congressional Map

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  Pennsylvania - The state's new congressional map drawn by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court may look more esthetically pleasing to most, but it has serious political implications.  Watch ABC News…

22

Feb

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State Supreme Court Redraws Pennsylvania Congressional Map

By Editor

  Pennsylvania - This January, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled the state's congressional map was an unconstitutional gerrymander.  The plaintiffs had alleged the map is an eggregious partisan gerrymander executed by Republican state lawmakers that allowed…

29

Jan

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Redistricting Weekly Update : Atlases and Mathematicians in the Fray

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  The FiveThirtyEight Blog Releases the Atlas of Redistricting, The Maps are Impressive but Unusable  FiveThirtyEight takes a comprehensive look at the mapping possibilities for every congressional district in the…

18

Jan

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Highlights from State Supreme Court Oral Argument in Pennsylvania Congressional Map Challenge

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Pennsylvania - On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard oral arguments in one of the challenges to the state's 2011 congressional map.  The case, League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania…

20

Mar

Redistricting, Redistricting Gerrymanders, REFORMgerrymandering, Pennsylvania, policyindepth, reform

Watch: PBS Covers Pennsylvania Gerrymandering and Reform In-Depth

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Harrisburg, Pa - Late in 2016, PBS's American Law Journal gives an in-depth treatment of gerrymandering in Pennsylvania.  Hosts interview lawmakers, review the technology behind redistricting and covers reform efforts.…

16

Apr

Equal Protection, Redistricting, Redistricting Criteria, Redistricting Litigation, Strategy and PoliticsBASICS, Pennsylvania

In Malapportionment Claims, Its All About Timing and Context

By Editor

The 2010 census brought good news to Latinos in Pennsylvania. Significant gains where made the Latino population in the Philadelphia area and other regions of the state. This would mean…