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Deminpenn

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3. New news on redistricting

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Tue Aug 24, 2021, 02:53 PM

Aug 2021

Last edited Wed Aug 25, 2021, 04:34 AM - Edit history (1)

The redistricting commission (2D, 2R + 1 I, former Pitt Chancellor Mark Nordenberg) has said they will count prisons in their home communities, NOT in the communities in which they are jailed. This will have the effect of decreasing the Census population of the largely small and rural counties where the state prisons are generally located.

This is a positive for a fairer redistricting process.

More: https://www.timesonline.com/story/news/2021/08/24/pa-redistricting-commission-votes-end-prison-gerrymandering/5574424001/

The LRC vote was 3-2 in favor of ending "prison gerrymandering" with Nordenberg casting the tie-breaking vote.

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Want input on PA redistricting? Here's how! [View all] Deminpenn Aug 2021 OP

I hope they're keeping counties together as much as possible FakeNoose Aug 2021 #1

You can draw your own map and submit it! Deminpenn Aug 2021 #2

New news on redistricting Deminpenn Aug 2021 #3