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A partisan fight is emerging in Pennsylvania over the state House redistricting process after the commission tasked with drawing new legislative maps released a proposal last week that could significantly increase Democrats’ representation in the state government.
“The clear goal of those in favor of this map is to gain control through rigging district lines, and not by the will of the people through fair and honest elections,” Pennsylvania House Speaker Bryan Cutler, a Republican, said last week.
The body that redraws the state’s legislature’s district lines is called the Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission. It consists of the Republican and Democrat leaders of the two legislative chambers in the state plus a chairman who is either selected by those leaders or by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court if they cannot agree on a chair.
The commission passed a proposal for a new House map last week on a 3-2 vote. It is now subject to a 30-day public comment period during which commission members may make changes to the map.
Pennsylvania House Speaker Bryan Cutler, a Republican, decried a proposed new map for the Pennsylvania House last week. (USA TODAY NETWORK via Reuters Connect)
(USA TODAY NETWORK via Reuters Connect)
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Pennsylvania House Republican Leader Kerry Benninghoff and Senate Republican leader Kim Ward voted against the plan. House Democratic Leader Joanna McClinton, Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa and commission chairman Mark Nordenberg – who was selected by the state Supreme Court – voted yes.
According to Spotlight PA, the new map could result in Democrats making “sizable gains” in the state legislature. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported it would cause Democrats’ chances to control the legislature to “improve dramatically.”
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