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.
News on SB 22
How can gerrymandering get worse? Lawmakers find a way. | Editorial
Philly.com | By The Inquirer Editorial Board
Harrisburg Republicans are acting like tyrants, using every legislative trick they can to undermine bills that would give voters the power to elect their own representatives.
They must know that if gerrymandering reform bills make it through the legislature, they’ll lose their power to fix elections. The reform bills would create an independent citizens commission that would balance legislative districts so that our representatives would have to listen to diverse views from a broader array of constituents.
State Senate OKs redistricting plan that would include judicial elections
By John Finnerty | Meadville Tribune
HARRISBURG — The state Senate on Wednesday voted 35-14 to approve a plan that would allow voters to decide whether to redo the way the state develops the maps used for elections of state and federal lawmakers and state appeals court judges.
Legislative Redistricting Reform Bill Proposing New SCOPA Districts Passes Senate
By Max Mitchell | The Legal Intelligencer
The Pennsylvania Senate has voted in favor of a bill aimed at reforming the legislative redistricting process—but the proposal it approved also aims to split the state Supreme Court into seven districts.
Opponents Take to Twitter over SB 22 Yea Vote
By Kelly Cernetich Brown | Politics PA
A proposed state constitutional amendment creating an independent commission to oversee redistricting passed the state Senate today by a vote of 33 to 16.
State Senator Jay Costa on Redistricting
KDKA State Senator Jay Costa joined Robert Mangino to talk about redistricting and the possibility of a redistricting committee.
Pa. Senate passes redistricting reform bill with last-minute amendment
By JONATHAN LAI, GILLIAN MCGOLDRICK AND LIZ NAVRATIL | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
HARRISBURG — 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.
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