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Redistricting Watch: PA Legislative Maps to be Unveiled Oct. 31
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Oct 22, 2011 04:07pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Keegan Gibson |
| Media | Website - PoliticsPA |
| News Date | Saturday, October 22, 2011 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "Consider Frankenstein’s monster: a twisted, tortured amalgamate of parts and pieces lacking any inherent cohesion – an offense against God and man – and yet somehow, functioning.
With that in mind, perhaps it’s appropriate that the new Pa. legislative maps will be unveiled on Halloween.
According to multiple sources close to the process, the Legislative Reapportionment Commission (LRC) will hold a meeting on Monday, October 31st. They are said to be planning the vote on the new district maps for the Pa. House and Senate.
“The shape of the 199th District for the next 10 years will be unveiled within a week! Stay tuned!,” PA Rep. Stephen Bloom (R-Cumberland) tweeted on Saturday morning.
Several other sources confirm that the LRC is aiming for the decisive vote the 31st, and hoping to have the final version codified by mid December.
“The deadline for the Legislative Reapportionment Commission to adopt the preliminary plan for General Assembly districts is November 14. There has been interest in trying to adopt the preliminary plan sooner than that.” said Erik Arneson, Communications and Policy Director for PA Sen. Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi.
The LRC consists of five voting members: each of the four caucus leaders and Chairman Stephen McEwen, a retired judge on the PA Superior Court who ran on the Republican ticket. Three of the four caucus leaders – Jay Costa (D), Mike Turzai (R-) and Frank Dermody (D) – hail from western PA. Only Pileggi (R-Dealware) hails from the east. That might serve to blunt the the impact of sharp population declines in the region." |
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