In Pennsylvania’s quest to change electoral process, open primaries have bipartisan champions

In front of a packed room of redistricting reformists on March 28, Sen. Richard Alloway (R-Franklin) brought up a fresh point in the contentious row over how to change Pennsylvania’s elections: open primaries.

Alloway’s suggestion came as he tried to make sense of Sen. Lisa Boscola’s (D-Northampton) bill, SB 22, to start a non-partisan redistricting commission.

Friday, April 13, 2018/Author: Stephen Caruso

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Tags: Gov. Wolf Elections Redistricting Gerrymandering Lisa Boscola Richard Alloway Carol Kuniholm Fair Districts Pa electoral reform open primaries independents SB 280

House discharge resolution under consideration as Pa. legislators, out of state commissioners talk redistricting

While the Senate is building on a public hearing to write a bill tackling redistricting, the main sponsor of a House bill for a bipartisan redistricting commission said he is mulling a discharge resolution to get his legislation moving.

Tuesday, March 27, 2018/Author: Stephen Caruso

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Tags: Redistricting Gerrymandering SB 22 HB 722 Steve Samuelson Lisa Boscola Richard Alloway Mike Folmer Carol Kuniholm Fair Districts Pa

Gov. Wolf outlines election reform package, urges end to gerrymandering

On the eve of a public hearing to vet redistricting bills, Governor Tom Wolf Monday afternoon threw his weight behind a host of electoral reforms, including a bipartisan redistricting commission.

Monday, March 26, 2018/Author: Kara Barmoy

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Tags: Gov. Wolf Voter Registration Elections Redistricting Gerrymandering SB 22 Lisa Boscola electoral reform HB 193 HB 101 HB 945

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