They called the governor’s action “grandstanding and a “distraction” to the legislature’s work of examining the state’s redistricting process. They stressed that the General Assembly is responsible for redistricting under the federal and state constitutions.
“We will not be props in his theater that is an attempt to be a make-shift alternative to the federal and state constitutions and will have no practical effect… The Governor can grandstand on redistricting all he wants. We will continue to do the real work of examining the redistricting process in a manner that is constitutionally sound and will produce fair maps through a fair process,” said the Pennsylvania GOP leaders.
Pennsylvania legislature passed bills to form Independent Redistricting Commission
In April, State Government Committee of the Pennsylvania House passed a bill to establish an Independent Redistricting Commission.
In June, the state’s Senate passed a similar legislation but Republicans attached amendments, which Democrats considered a “poison pill.” The Senate sent that bill with the attached amendments to the lower chamber, but did not vote on it.
