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This would ensure the 2000 census redistricting process was led by the Republican-controlled Pennsylvania General Assembly. Following the 2000 census, Pennsylvania Republicans would have full state control of the redistricting process. Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1200 was introduced by Republican State Senators Brightbill and Lemmond on November ...
Commonwealth—was a decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on gerrymandering, concerning the power of the Pennsylvania General Assembly to draw maps based on partisan advantage. The Court ruled that the maps adopted by the Republican controlled legislature in 2011 was an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander under the Constitution of ...
Nov. 27—The state Supreme Court affirmed a District Court judge's decision that said while Democratic lawmakers tried to dilute Republican voting power in one of the state's three congressional ...
Federalist newspapers' editors and others at the time likened the district shape to a salamander, and the word gerrymander was born out of a portmanteau of that word and Governor Gerry's surname. Partisan gerrymandering, which refers to redistricting that favors one political party, has a long tradition in the United States.
Americans’ reckoning with their own democracy extends beyond the looming presidential election to a much more local level.
Gerrymandering dates back to the 18th century, and damages democracy. But evidence suggests that independent commissions can improve the situation. Gerrymandering Isn't New—But Now We Have a ...
The Bucks County District Attorney's Office said a viral video spreading online that appears to show mail ballots being destroyed in the Philadelphia suburb is a hoax.
Pennsylvania Republicans requested a stay from the United States Supreme Court, to delay the drawing of new district boundaries; however, that request was denied on February 5, 2018. [9] The governor and General Assembly failed to reach an agreement regarding the district boundaries, thus the Pennsylvania Supreme Court drew its own remedial map.