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The real question: What will YOU do?
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Check trueviews.org mentioned in democracyproject.org/posts/curbin...
How well does PA law reflect estimates of public opinion? What wold it take to change that?

Curbing Misalignment in American Politics A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.

Both PA & US constitutions promise government of, by & for the people. But too often, on both the national & state level, there's misalignment between what the government does & what people want it to do.
What strategies might provide greater alignment?
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Why Other Democracies Don’t Gerrymander Like the U.S.

No other full democracy allows politicians to draw their own districts. The closest to US process is Hungary-an electoral autocracy in which elections are held but respect for democratic norms is absent.
Even Hungary doesn't allow so few leaders as much control as PA.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u...

Patricia Rooney: Pennsylvania Republicans should pass redistricting reform while they still can Pennsylvania’s Republican state legislators have waited until the last moment to consider two bills which would create an independent redistricting […]

Republican legislators in Harrisburg seem unaware that if the vote goes against them in 2026 & 2028, there aren’t sufficient guardrails in law to prevent an enduring partisan gerrymander after the 2031 redistricting.
@BroadAndLiberty
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Tell PA legislative leaders: give HB 31 and SB 131 a vote.
PA voters are tired of leaders rigging districts to protect or punish their colleagues & to block our voters' voices.
PA voters want fair districts.
2031 will be here soon. (2 of 2)
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#PresidentsDay reminder: 5 former presidents and 1 former governor from across the nation and across the past 8 decades have called attention to the dangers of #gerrymandering.
PA is the most populous swing state, a top target for partisan #redistricting.
Why not fix this NOW? (1 of 2)

We're recruiting part-time paid summer interns to collect petition signatures in support of an independent redistricting commission. Open to college-aged young adults interested in law, politics, public policy or non-partisan leadership. www.fairdistrictspa.com/updates/summ...

Pennsylvania Has Made the Case for Independent Redistricting. It’s Time Our Legislators Represent Us!! - Gettysburg Connection For almost a decade, over 6,000 Pennsylvania volunteers, led by Fair Districts PA and their allies, have been doing the hard, unglamorous work democracy

PA's founders said "the people possess an inalienable & indefeasible right to alter, reform or abolish their government." Now we're asking to repair a system distorted by decades of self-interest.
We're asking legislative leaders: give HB 31/SB 131 a vote.
gettysburgconnection.org/pennsylvania...

Pennsylvania Republicans would be smart to support an independent redistricting commission [letter] Pennsylvania Republicans may want to rethink their reluctance to support redistricting reform — and quickly, too. There are currently bills in the state House (House Bill 31) and the state

@PAGOP leaders consistently resist action on bills to create an independent redistricting commission-to their own harm in 2031. If HB 31 & SB 131 don't pass this session, expect a D gerrymander yielding @PAHouseGOP & @PASenateGOP an irrelevant minority.
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We just hit 130,000 PA petition signers for an independent redistricting commission.
Legislative leaders say "no one is interested in this."
REALLY?
Haven't signed? Sign here actionnetwork.org/petitions/jo...
Haven't contacted your legislators? Find info here
www.fairdistrictspa.com/take-action/...

YouTube video by Fair Districts PA Groundhog Day in Harrisburg, 2026

Groundhog Day in Harrisburg: it just goes on and on and on.
Think it's time to move on to better things?
Ask legislators to stop the partisan games and give bills a vote.
Up first: redistricting reform bills House Bill 31 and Senate Bill 131.
youtu.be/FQJmCB5cpoc?...

Our regular 1st Monday Zoom meeting is this evening (Feb. 9) - rescheduled due to the event in Harrisburg on February 2.
Register here for the link:
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The meeting will be recorded & the link will be shared afterward here:
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#SuperBowl2026 Would you watch if you knew 1 side drew the lines, set the rules & decided the outcome before the game began?
No other major democracy allows political leaders to draw their own district lines.
When politicans choose their voters we all lose.
Every time.

We're proposing the PA General Assembly adopt the groundhog as their official mascot.
There's no way to count the # of substantive bills introduced again & again, session after session, without ever reaching a final vote.
It doesn’t need to be this way. www.fairdistrictspa.com/updates/grou...

Punxsutawney Phil predicts six more weeks of winter.
Maybe this year he'll be right.
Fair Districts PA and allies are asking for a vote on redistricting reform bills House Bill 31 and Senate Bill 131.
Maybe this spring that will happen.

And Tioga County is heard from! For @fairdistrictspa.bsky.social in Harrisburg on Groundhog Day. Legislators please, show support for HB 31 and SB 131.

YouTube video by Flipclockfans Groundhog Day Flip Clock Movie Trailer

Groundhog Day is Monday - February 2.
Fair Districts PA and friends will meet in the capitol rotunda to suggest the groundhog should be the Pennsylvania General Assembly's official mascot.
How many reasons for that can you suggest?
Streaming now on most viewing apps.
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Snowed in today? Take some time to catch up on some FDPA YouTube videos:
PA Redistricting & Gerrymandering: Get Ready for 2026 Introducing House Bill 31 & Senate Bill 131
Subscribe, comment, like & share!
The more we know, the more effective we can be in asking 4 reform.
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Yet PA's avenue to amend the state constitution is among the most lengthy, and least open to public input, of any in the country.
How do we exercise the promised right to alter and reform our government?

As Ben Franklin reminded us, PA's 1776 constitution was 1st in the world to promise the people the right to amend their government. That right became a model for other states & nations.

Join us in Harrisburg Sunday Feb 1 &/or Monday Feb 2 (Groundhog Day). Reduced rate for room & parking at the Crowne Plaza; deadline to reserve is Jan. 23.
Learn from orgs working for democracy reforms then show up to say We need a legislature that works for us all.
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Part of the reason legislators act like they own the power we lend them is because they get to draw their own district lines. Foxes designing the chicken house! #Pennsylvania needs an independent commission. Learn more here!

@fairdistrictspa.bsky.social at Independence Hall in Philadelphia on Jan 17 to remind our state legislators that partisan gerrymandering is wrong—no matter which party does it!

1/17 rally on Independence Mall, FDPA Chair Carol Kuniholm noted the group was standing “in a place of celebration & contradiction. Celebration of the vision of government for & by the people. Contradiction, in that the vision has never been fully realized.”
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YouTube video by Fair Districts PA PA Redistricting and Gerrymandering: Get Ready for 2026

FDPA Chair @CKuniholm's Jan. 7 Zoom presentation is now available on YouTube. Lots to learn about why #redistricting matters to PA, how current processes limit our voices, why reform is so difficult in Harrisburg plus responses to some PA legislators.
youtu.be/lAVIo522Tjg?...

Not sure the difference between reapportionment, redistricting & gerrymandering? You're not alone.
Ever hear of dummymandering?
It's been in the news a bit, & likely you'll be hearing more as the national #redistricting wars continue.
Get ready for action in the months ahead!
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Don't miss our Zoom event this evening (Wednesday, Jan. 7) about what's been learned in 10 years of fighting for fair maps.
Vocabulary, history, policy, strategy...
PA deserves better than our current broken systems,
but we can't win if we don't understand the game.
actionnetwork.org/events/redis...

The plot to redraw America How Donald Trump launched a redistricting caper he couldn’t pull off.

@politico.com provides a deep dive into 2025 #redistricting saga. The electoral outcome is uncertain, as is the final stance of SCOTUS on voting rights.
But the damage to democracy itself is clear: intimidation, threats, deeper partisan division, less representation.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

#HappyNewYear2026
This year PA will be celebrating 250 years of representative government, but promises from the PA constitution are still waiting.
Learn more on January 7, 7 PM on Zoom.
We all have a role to play in strengthening our democracy.
actionnetwork.org/events/redis...