Analyses, Non-Partisan Experts Say GOP Submission is Partisan, Gerrymandered
Harrisburg, PA – Governor Tom Wolf today told the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that he will not accept the proposed map Republican legislative leaders submitted because it, too, is a partisan gerrymander that does not comply with the court’s order or Pennsylvania’s Constitution.
“Partisan gerrymandering weakens citizen power, promotes gridlock and stifles meaningful reform,” Governor Wolf said. ” As non-partisan analysts have already said, their map maintains a similar partisan advantage by employing many of the same unconstitutional tactics present in their 2011 map.
“The analysis by my team shows that, like the 2011 map, the map submitted to my office by Republican leaders is still a gerrymander. Their map clearly seeks to benefit one political party, which is the essence of why the court found the current map to be unconstitutional.”
Read a statement from Professor Moon Duchin on her analysis here.
The analysis by Governor Wolf’s team confirms the universal analysis of various non-partisan experts that say the Republican leaders’ submission is another partisan gerrymander.
election_info_bot on February 13rd, 2018 at 18:26 UTC »
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Ownerjfa on February 13rd, 2018 at 18:01 UTC »
Of course he rejected it. The Repubs created a map that favored them more than the previous one. WTF were they thinking?
fraillimbnursery on February 13rd, 2018 at 16:52 UTC »
This is great news. Now we’ll get an unbiased court-drawn map.