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Pennsylvania House Minority Leader Joanna McClinton has asked her colleagues on the Legislative Reapportionment Commission to end the practice of prison gerrymandering, which considers inmates as residents of the communities where they are incarcerated rather than where they last lived.
McClinton made the request on May 26 during an organizational meeting of the commission, which is tasked with drawing legislative districts maps based on the 2020 Census data.
How the commission rules could play a critical role in determining how many people are in each state and congressional districts, potentially influencing who gets elected.
“What better time to address this?” McClinton asked commission members, who will not begin receiving Census data for several months.
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HARRISBURG â âInternal systemic failuresâ were behind the Wolf administrationâs bungling of a statewide referendum that would provide legal recourse to survivors of child sexual abuse, according to a much-anticipated report released Wednesday.
The Office of State Inspector General found no evidence that the administrationâs failure to advertise the proposed constitutional amendment as required was deliberate or the result of outside pressure or âintentional malfeasance.â
But it did find the Department of State, which oversees elections, had no formal or written process in place for ensuring referendums appear on the ballot. There was also little, if any, executive oversight or staff training â a chronic complaint from employees interviewed for the inquiry â and paltry communication between the various bureaus within the department that are responsible for getting questions on the ballot.
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