Electoral College Reform: What They’re Saying
From the halls of Harrisburg, to national news. Here’s the latest media coverage on the proposed Electoral College reform controversy.
September 16, 2011
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From the halls of Harrisburg, to national news. Here’s the latest media coverage on the proposed Electoral College reform controversy.
Between the electoral college fireworks, Senate candidates galore, and a possible Tea Party protest, this weekend’s state committee meeting promises to make serious headlines. Here are the major story lines, events and people who will be moving and shaking this weekend.
At yesterday’s redistricting commission hearing in Pittsburgh, western PA residents asked panel members to protect the region’s influence in their final draft.
Democrats have no legal way to block the proposed changes to PA’s electoral college – they have to win the public argument. But they may get some unlikely help from southeast PA Republicans.
The winners of a web-based redistricting contest held in Philadelphia were announced Wednesday. The City Council of Philadelphia has a deadline of this Friday to hash out a plan that they were assigned to draw new political districts. The council appears to be closing in on a plan that does not fix any of the current gerrymandering problems, as reported by the Philadelphia Daily News.
The heavily-GOP North Hills and northern Allegheny County may find a new home in Rep. Tim Murphy’s district, sources indicate.
The congressman and Democratic chairman of the City of Philadelphia has been accused of working with Republicans to bolster his district and those of his Philadelphia allies.
This afternoon, the Legislative Reapportionment Commission launched the official website for the body that will draw the boundaries for the General Assembly and Pa Senate districts.
That data – essentially a measurement of which parts of the state gained and lost population since 2000 – pinned the ideal population of a state Senate district (254,048) and a state House district (62,573), reports Laura Olson of the Post-Gazette’s Early Returns blog.
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