Independent Citizens Commission for Redistricting
Ultimately, the amendment passed by a partisan vote of 31 to 18, with several Republicans voting against it as well.
Senate Bill 22 was intended to create an independent commission for the redistricting process, to prevent gerrymandering and ensure fair, competitive elections. The irony and hypocrisy of the amendment from Senator Aument is that its purpose is to gerrymander the court system. It would create commission-drawn districts for judges – instead of statewide elections, as they are now.
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Pa. Senate passes anti-gerrymandering bill with ‘poison pill’ judicial districting amendment
By Jonathan Lai, Gillian McGoldrick & Liz Navratil | The Inquirer
The Pennsylvania Senate passed a redistricting reform bill Wednesday that had been dramatically changed the day before, drawing fire from anti-gerrymandering advocates who had turned against legislation they helped craft.
Pennsylvania Senate votes to change the way state judges are elected. Here’s why
The Morning Call
The Pennsylvania Senate voted Wednesday to change the way judges are elected and to change the way legislative and congressional districts are established. But those changes are a long way to becoming law.
Pa. Senate passes redistricting reform bill that includes controversial judicial election change
By Jan Murphy | Pennlive
A last-minute insertion of a judicial election reform plan didn’t hurt the chances of the Senate approving a bill that also proposes a constitutional amendment to reform the way legislative and congressional maps are drawn in Pennsylvania.
GOP muscles judicial election change into redistricting bill
By Mark Scolforo/Associated Press
(Harrisburg) — Republicans in Pennsylvania’s Senate are seeking to use political momentum behind nonpartisan redistricting to drastically alter how state appeals judges are elected, drawing howls of protest from Democrats.
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