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Legislative districts in many cases appear on the state map as crazy-quilt, hodge-podge patches thanks to political gamesmanship used to come up with their boundaries.
Draw the Lines Pa., a non-partisan, non-profit group looking to bring fairer representation to residents across the state, wants to change the way the districts are designed.
“Citizens are ready, willing and able to redraw the maps,” David Thornburgh, of Draw the Lines, said during a webinar this week to discuss the issue. “It’s troubling how they have been drawn, and they have gotten worse. They are headed in the wrong direction.”