With the deadline for approving Pennsylvania’s new voting-district maps fast approaching, the commission in charge of creating House and Senate maps is hosting public hearings this week to receive feedback from residents.
The Legislative Reapportionment Commission will host eight hours of public hearings on Thursday and Friday in Harrisburg.
Carol Kuniholm, chair of the group Fair Districts PA, said creating new maps once a decade based on population changes is never an easy task. She pointed out in the proposed Senate map, there is concern about a pattern of large deviations from the ideal district population, which needs to be addressed.
“When a whole region is under the population by a lot, and a whole region is over the population by a lot, the region that’s under population is actually getting more representation,” Kuniholm outlined. “The region that’s over is losing representation. It should be reflecting the fact that municipalities are not all the same size.”
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