Pennsylvania

(17,273 posts)

9. League of Women Voters just filed a lawsuit

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 01:03 AM

Jun 2017

to have the state courts throw out the current congressional map. They didn't file before now because they wanted a couple of election cycles to prove their claim of extreme political gerrymandering.

Interestingly a CMU prof ran a program that randomly swapped census tracts and each time created more competitive districts, showing that the districts were knowingly designed to produce wins for one party each and every time regardless.

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2017/06/15/League-of-women-voters-lawsuit-gerrymandering-Pennsylvania-Congressional-district-map/stories/201706150182

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

11 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Fighting gerrymandering in PA [View all] DeminPennswoods Feb 2017 OP

Exactly! In all the states Hillary lost by razor-thin margins LisaM Feb 2017 #1

Thanks - really glad to know about this FakeNoose Feb 2017 #2

There's lots of good stuff at the website DeminPennswoods Feb 2017 #3

Went to the meeting in Harrisburg last night! bronxiteforever Feb 2017 #4

Fair District PA presentation 3/12 in Pgh DeminPennswoods Mar 2017 #5

+1 Thanks FakeNoose Mar 2017 #6

Front page, above the fold, Sat Pgh Post-Gazette DeminPennswoods Mar 2017 #7

Update on redistricting DeminPennswoods Jun 2017 #8

League of Women Voters just filed a lawsuit DeminPennswoods Jun 2017 #9

Speaker event 7/31 @ Beaver (PA) Memorial Library DeminPennswoods Jul 2017 #10

Update: PA Senate schedules hearing on SB22 DeminPennswoods Mar 2018 #11