Partisan fight simmers over crucial Pennsylvania state House redistricting plan
Fox News
A proposed new legislative map for the Pennsylvania state House would give Democrats several more seats than they have under the current map.
The body that redraws the state's legislature's district lines is called the Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission. It consists of the Republican and Democrat leaders of the two legislative chambers in the state plus a chairman who is either selected by those leaders or by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court if they cannot agree on a chair.
The commission passed a proposal for a new House map last week on a 3-2 vote. It is now subject to a 30-day public comment period during which commission members may make changes to the map.
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