Fair Redistricting in Pennsylvania
The proposed state Senate map brings together the city and all its surrounding suburban communities into one compact central Lancaster County district. No communities are split and the new district would be the most politically competitive Senate district in the state, accurately reflecting the equal partisan divide among the fourteen central Lancaster County municipalities. Perfect! Their House map keeps both Hempfields intact in the same district, consolidates Lancaster Township from the current inexcusable four different legislative districts to two, removes Millersville from rural District 100 (a clear example of gerrymandering) and joins it in the same district as fellow college community Franklin & Marshall, and moves six northwestern Lancaster City precincts into District 97, leaving District 96 as a minority/majority district, providing an opportunity to increase the grossly under-represented Hispanic community in Harrisburg. We have an opportunity to end disgraceful partisan gerrymandered maps and draw maps based on geography and communities of interest instead of raw political power! Kermit M. Norris 717-490-2005