Commissioners testify on upcoming congressional redistricting
Nine individuals provided testimony Tuesday on redrawing congressional lines during the state House Government Committee's first congressional redistricting hearing.
The lines for Pennsylvania's congressional districts are redrawn after each decade's census is completed.
Pennsylvania will lose one congressional representative, moving from 18 to 17 statewide.
State Rep. Tim Bonner, R-8th, hosted the forum at the Pew Fine Arts Center at Grove City College.
While those providing testimony preregistered, about 30 voters attended the hearing to listen to testimony.
Written testimony on the redrawing of congressional lines can be submitted to the committee online until Oct. 13.
Two Butler County commissioners, Kim Geyer and Kevin Boozel, testified Tuesday morning.
Both Geyer and Boozel pointed to Butler County's growth over many years.
Geyer said while almost all neighboring counties saw a drop in population in the 2020 U.S. Census, Butler County has grown in every census since forming in 1800.
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