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Redistricting

The latest on redistricting in Pennsylvania

The maps were created by the Legislative Reapportionment Commission, a five-person panel composed of the top legislative leaders from both the House and Senate and an independent chair.

How to weigh in on Pennsylvania’s next legislative maps

by Spotlight PA Staff

The Legislative Reapportionment Committee meets.

See how the proposed Pennsylvania state Senate map scores in every key area

by Kate Huangpu of Spotlight PA

The Legislative Reapportionment Committee meets.

See how the proposed Pennsylvania state House map scores in every key area

by Kate Huangpu of Spotlight PA

The proposed House and Senate maps could dramatically alter the balance of power in Pennsylvania.

WATCH: A free virtual panel on Pennsylvania’s proposed redistricting maps

by Spotlight PA Staff

Members of the Draw the Lines PA Map Corps gather outside the Pennsylvania Capitol Building in Harrisburg with an enlarged rendering of their ‘PA Citizens’ Map’ jigsaw puzzle, calling on legislators to produce a fair congressional district map via a transparent process. October 26, 2021.

Pa. redistricting maps: Search now to see your old and new political districts

by Kate Huangpu of Spotlight PA and Carl Johnson of Spotlight PA

A preliminary map of proposed new state House districts in Pennsylvania.

Democrats could make sizeable gains in Pennsylvania legislature under proposed new maps

by Kate Huangpu and Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA

It's unclear if or how an amended map recently advanced by a House panel gives Republicans an advantage.

House GOP advances amended Pennsylvania congressional map before public can analyze it

by Kate Huangpu of Spotlight PA

Rep. Seth Grove (R., York)

House Republicans advance Pennsylvania congressional map bill — minus an actual map

by Kate Huangpu of Spotlight PA

The House State Government Committee is set to vote on a proposed map Monday, but the debate over what the final product should be will last weeks.

See how the proposed Pennsylvania congressional map scores in every key area

by Kate Huangpu of Spotlight PA

The redistricting process will now kick into high gear, as lawmakers hold hearings and begin to take votes while considering additional public input.

How to weigh in on Pennsylvania’s next congressional map

by Spotlight PA Staff

Proposed redrawing of Pennsylvania’s congressional map draws mixed reviews

by Kate Huangpu of Spotlight PA

Victor Martinez

Los Latinos de Pensilvania trabajan para convertir los enormes avances de la población en un músculo político, pero aún se enfrentan con barreras

by Kate Huangpu de Spotlight PA

Victor Martinez — owner of La Mega, a Spanish radio station located in Allentown — has become one of the most vocal Latino advocates during this year’s redistricting process.

Pennsylvania Latinos work to turn huge population gains into political muscle, but still face barriers

by Kate Huangpu of Spotlight PA

The lawmakers leading the process have vowed openness and transparency, though advocates for overhauling redistricting say there is no guarantee they will follow through on such promises.

Despite transparency vows, much of Pa.’s redistricting still takes place behind closed doors

by Kate Huangpu of Spotlight PA

In a significant shift, a commission in August approved a resolution to count most Pennsylvania residents incarcerated at state prisons at the address where they last lived.

Pa. redistricting panel rolls back new policy to count incarcerated people in home districts, not state prisons

by Kate Huangpu of Spotlight PA

More than 37,000 people are currently incarcerated in Pennsylvania’s state prisons, and people of color are disproportionately impacted.

In major shift, Pa. panel votes to count incarcerated people in home districts, not state prisons

by Sarah Anne Hughes of Spotlight PA

The delivery of new census data means the redrawing of Pennsylvania's political maps can begin.

How to get involved in Pa.’s pivotal redistricting process

by Sarah Anne Hughes of Spotlight PA

A Census 2020 envelope is pictured in Philadelphia on Thursday, March 12, 2020. As is customary every ten years, U.S. Census questionnaires have been mailed out to the country's households.

4 takeaways from new Pa. census data and what it means for redistricting

by Sarah Anne Hughes of Spotlight PA

More than 40 counties in the west, central, and northern parts of the state saw declines in population, while the southeast continued to grow.

The Pa. counties that lost and gained the most population in the last 10 years, ranked

by Sarah Anne Hughes of Spotlight PA

After months of delays, the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday delivered the population data needed to redraw Pennsylvania’s political maps, officially setting off a process that will help determine the balance of power in Harrisburg and Washington.

Pa.’s political mapmakers finally have new census data. Now the hard work begins.

by Sarah Anne Hughes of Spotlight PA

The state's next congressional map will begin its journey through the legislature in the House and Senate State Government Committees, chaired by Rep. Seth Grove (pictured) and Sen. David Argall.

Pa. House GOP commits to public meetings, vows ‘most transparent’ congressional redistricting process ever

by Sarah Anne Hughes of Spotlight PA

Reform groups including Fair Districts PA wanted an independent commission void of elected officials who could unfairly influence the process of drawing the state’s political maps.

Redistricting reform in Pa. is dead for now, advocates say. So what’s next?

by Marie Albiges of Spotlight PA

The move diminished anti-gerrymandering advocates’ hopes of preventing Pennsylvania’s most powerful lawmakers from drawing maps that unfairly benefit one political party.

Panel agrees to put guardrails on how Pa. lawmakers draw congressional maps, but not their own

by Marie Albiges of Spotlight PA

Despite two audits and assurances from every level of government that the election was free of widespread fraud, Sen. David Argall (R., Schuylkill) told Spotlight PA he does not see the “damage in doing it one more time to try to answer the concerns that people have.”

Key Pennsylvania state senator backs Arizona-style election audit

by Sarah Anne Hughes of Spotlight PA and Marie Albiges of Spotlight PA

In their order, the Pa. Supreme Court's justices, five Democrats and two Republicans, did not explain their pick.

Pa. Supreme Court picks former Pitt chancellor to chair powerful redistricting commission

by Marie Albiges of Spotlight PA

Amanda Holt, a graphic artist and piano teacher from Allentown, drew her own political maps after noticing oddities in the ones drawn by lawmakers.

Are Pa.’s state House and Senate maps gerrymandered? Depends on how you measure them.

by Marie Albiges of Spotlight PA

A five-member commission is tasked with drawing new state House and Senate maps every 10 years.

Pa. Supreme Court will pick chair of powerful state redistricting panel

by Marie Albiges of Spotlight PA

Pennsylvania’s congressional map is drawn by the 253-member General Assembly and must be approved by the governor.

Anticipating ‘partisan’ impasse, Democrats ask court to prepare to draw Pa. congressional map

by Marie Albiges of Spotlight PA

The U.S. Census Bureau released the long-awaited state population totals Monday as part of the decennial count that determines the distribution of 435 congressional seats as well as Electoral College votes.

Pennsylvania will lose a U.S. House seat after redistricting

by Sarah Anne Hughes of Spotlight PA and Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

The once-a-decade process to draw new political maps — normally done in secret with little public input — is officially underway in Harrisburg.

The deciding vote in Pa.’s high-stakes political redistricting could be yours, if lawmakers agree

by Marie Albiges of Spotlight PA

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