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Fair Map Advocates Keep an Eye on PA Redistricting Efforts Ahead of 2022 Elections

Pennsylvania's court-mandated congressional districts for the 2018 elections.
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Pennsylvania's court-mandated districts for the 2018 elections.

In legislative redistricting, seemingly minor technical details in the map-drawing process can have enormous implications for the partisan tilt of the finished districts.

WHYY’s Katie Meyer reports that as Pennsylvania lawmakers begin the process of redrawing congressional and state legislative maps ahead of next year’s elections, fair map advocates say they’re watching closely.

(Original air-date: 7/29/21)

Katie Meyer is WHYY’s political reporter. She covers politics, policy, power, and elections at every level of government, with the goal of showing how it all affects people’s lives.