Congressional redistricting map discussed by state group
A nonpartisan state group that works to end gerrymandering held an online discussion Monday on the congressional redistricting map recently released by the House State Government Committee, which they said ignores the map submissions of more than 7,200 Pennsylvanians.
Draw the Lines PA hosted the online forum, which included five members from throughout the state, including a Butler County resident.
The forum was led by David Thornburgh, president and CEO of Committee of Seventy, a nonpartisan group formed in 1904 to combat corruption in Philadelphia and play a major role in civil service reforms.
Thornburgh lamented that 7,211 Pennsylvanians drew new district maps and submitted them and that the committee held public hearings throughout the state to learn the opinions of residents, but none of their ideas seemed to be considered in the new map.
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