PA Supreme Court redistricting decision update

(NEW) - Capitolwire.com suggests no new plan could become law until just before the scheduled April 24 Primary.

- A Federal Judge has ruled that Pennsylvania’s 2001 legislative district maps should be used in the April 24 Primary, thus upholding the PA Supreme Court order.  To read the AP report click here.

PennLive: Citizen Amanda Holt’s alternative map was cited by the PA Supreme Court as “powerful evidence indeed” that the plan violates the PA Constitution.

PA Independent: Each of the four legislative caucuses will present new maps to the Legislative Reapportionment Commission on February 15 and a final vote will be taken February 22 following which there will be a 30 day period to file any appeals.

Senator Pileggi’s website has posted all documents filed with the PA Supreme Court in connection with the appeals as well as the court order, opinion and dissents.

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The biggest political power-play of the decade is about to get underway in Pennsylvania.  It is, perhaps, the most self-serving and least transparent process of state government.

It’s called redistricting.

Redistricting is the process of redrawing representative district boundaries.  It occurs every ten years after the U.S. government census to make sure each district has approximately the same number of people.

The outcome will determine the shape of representative democracy in Pennsylvania for the next decade.

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