HARRISBURG PA – The public and state legislators could get their first look Monday (Oct. 31, 2011) at a proposal to re-draw Pennsylvania Senate and House districts in the wake of population results from the 2010 Census, The Pennsylvania Independent online news service reported Friday (Oct. 28).
The state Legislative Reapportionment Commission, a five-member panel charged with configuring the new legislative districts, is expected to announce its preliminary plan with separate Senate and House maps, The Independent reported. In the near future, the commission must vote for one plan that will set the district lines for the next 10 years.
Its decision could have potential impacts on Lower Pottsgrove and Limerick (PA) townships and the borough of Pottstown, because it may alter which areas are represented by current or future politicians. Political observers claim little if any change is anticipated locally, but even they acknowledge they won’t be certain of an outcome until votes are cast.
A prime point of contention has been determining which seats should be moved from the western part of the state, where the population has declined, to the eastern half, which has seen population growth, according to The Independent.
Although Congressional redistricting also is tied to the Census, and is still being worked on in the U.S. House, it is separate from the state proposal.
- Read a story by reporter Eric Boehm, titled “New state Senate, House districts will be announced Monday” and published Friday by The Independent, here.
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[...] State Legislative Redistricing Proposal Coming Monday How will Pennsylvania’s legislative districts look in the future, and will Limerick, Lower Pottsrove and Pottstown be affected by any changes? An initial answer to those questions arrives Monday, as the state redistricting commission unveils its draft plan. [...]
[...] State Legislative Redistricing Proposal Coming Monday How will Pennsylvania’s legislative districts look in the future, and will Pottstown, Lower Pottsgrove, and Limerick be affected by any changes? An initial answer to those questions arrives Monday, as the state redistricting commission unveils its draft plan. [...]
[...] State Legislative Redistricing Proposal Coming Monday How will Pennsylvania’s legislative districts look in the future, and will Lower Pottsgrove, Limerick and Pottstown be affected by any changes? An initial answer to those questions arrives Monday, as the state redistricting commission unveils its draft plan. [...]
[...] State Legislative Redistricing Proposal Coming Monday How will Pennsylvania’s legislative districts look in the future, and will Pottstown, Lower Pottsgrove, and Limerick be affected by any changes? An initial answer to those questions arrives Monday, as the state redistricting commission unveils its draft plan. [...]