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UPDATED: Republican Pennsylvania leaders submit plan for redrawing congressional map
Last edited Sat Feb 10, 2018, 02:49 AM - Edit history (1)
EDIT: article updated at linkOriginal headline: Pennsylvania lawmakers face Friday deadline for new congressional map
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Source: Reuters
#POLITICS FEBRUARY 9, 2018 / 6:04 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
Republican Pennsylvania leaders submit plan for redrawing congressional map
Joseph Ax
4 MIN READ
(Reuters) - Republican leaders in Pennsylvania’s legislature submitted a plan for redrawing the state’s congressional districts just hours before Friday’s court-ordered deadline, but Democratic Governor Tom Wolf questioned whether the proposal will pass legal muster.
The newly-drawn political map was ordered on Jan. 22 by the state Supreme Court, which invalidated the existing congressional district boundaries as an illegal gerrymander created by the Republican-controlled state legislature.
In a 5-2 vote along party lines, the high court’s majority of Democratic-appointed justices found the existing map’s lines were precisely drawn to deliberately dilute the voting strength of registered Democrats, in violation of the state’s constitution.
A revamped map of the 18 U.S. House districts in Pennsylvania, a key battleground state in the 2016 presidential race, could reshape the political balance in this year’s mid-term electoral battle for control of Congress.
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Republican Pennsylvania leaders submit plan for redrawing congressional map
Joseph Ax
4 MIN READ
(Reuters) - Republican leaders in Pennsylvania’s legislature submitted a plan for redrawing the state’s congressional districts just hours before Friday’s court-ordered deadline, but Democratic Governor Tom Wolf questioned whether the proposal will pass legal muster.
The newly-drawn political map was ordered on Jan. 22 by the state Supreme Court, which invalidated the existing congressional district boundaries as an illegal gerrymander created by the Republican-controlled state legislature.
In a 5-2 vote along party lines, the high court’s majority of Democratic-appointed justices found the existing map’s lines were precisely drawn to deliberately dilute the voting strength of registered Democrats, in violation of the state’s constitution.
A revamped map of the 18 U.S. House districts in Pennsylvania, a key battleground state in the 2016 presidential race, could reshape the political balance in this year’s mid-term electoral battle for control of Congress.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-pennsylvania/pennsylvania-lawmakers-face-friday-deadline-for-new-congressional-map-idUSKBN1FT1FM
