Get ready for summer tabling to share info about redistricting & the need for reform. Sign up for a shift near home, or plan a road trip to an event somewhere new. Find events by date here: www.fairdistrictspa.com/events Or find volunteer opportunities by map here: actionnetwork.org/event_campai...

Do voters want leaders who redraw maps for partisan advantage? Or do they want leaders who focus on the issues and win on the merits of their platform? We'll be continuing the fight for an independent redistricting commission & watching for candidates who do the same. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...

🇺🇸1of2 This #MemorialDay we remember those who gave their lives to protect our freedom. In their honor, we recommit to our own role in protecting the freedoms we enjoy. 🇺🇸 A top threat: politicized redistricting. It undermines trust & fuels political dysfunction & polarization.

Some PA legislators - on both sides of the aisle - want to keep the power to draw partisan districts. Latest polls show 2/3 of voters don't agree. That's been the case for years. Most voters want districts that don't favor either party. www.cbsnews.com/news/redistr...

"Democracy only works when the people’s voice is protected." True in South Carolina. True in Pennsylvania. When partisan leaders redraw maps not to reflect their communities, but to entrench their own power, the damage to representation compounds, until the exception becomes the rule.

While redistricting battles continue, true patriots are speaking out against gerrymandered districts that steal representation from voters. As former GOP South Carolina Gov. David Beasley explains, "a democracy only works when the people’s voice is protected." www.wistv.com/2026/05/23/o...

On Primary Day, more than 135 volunteers invested time at 35 polling places, collecting over 2600 petition signatures. In rural communities, suburban neighborhoods, & cities large & small, Pennsylvanians understand that unfair districts hurt all of us. www.fairdistrictspa.com/updates/thou...

A volunteer described Polling Place Outreach as "surprisingly delightful...I was part of many brief but meaningful conversations. Many expressed general dismay, some hopelessness, about our country. Still they were voting & expressed thanks that we were doing something to right the system."

On Primary Day over 120 FDPA volunteers braved heat & rain to collect petition signatures in support of an independent redistricting commission. Most voters agree: we don't want outside money rigging PA districts to deny us all a voice in Congress or Harrisburg. THIS is what democracy looks like.

Thank you to all the candidates who shared their thoughts about redistricting reform. Here are just a few. We hope more candidates will share their thoughts before the General Election. Check your own candidates' positions and comments at www.fairdistrictspa.com/.../know-bef... & vote411.org

Leaders of the Congressional Problem Solvers Caucus warn “gerrymandering & redistricting will kill our country. “ “Most people in our nation are sick and tired of this.” www.npr.org/2026/05/15/n...

🗳️3 of3 If your candidates answered, email & say "THANK YOU!" If they haven't answered, use provided campaign email & ask them to take five minutes to respond. Let them know that redistricting matters & that we ALL want to be heard & represented. www.vote411.org/ballot

We've received some great responses to the Know Before You Vote candidate survey, some from former - or current! - Fair Districts PA volunteers, speakers & supporters. Check your own candidates' responses. If they haven't responded? Help us contact them. fairdistrictspa.com/take-action/...

"The arcane art of drawing legislative lines is the most powerful tool that politicians have for gaming elections." But coalitions can change: "voters that a party thinks will be reliable can switch sides." They can rig the maps but our votes still matter. apnews.com/article/dona...

5 state senators who refused mid-decade redistricting lost to primary challengers in Indiana primary. What's the top takeaway? All PA legislators might consider the ugly trifecta of unchecked dark money, closed primaries & push for partisan gerrymandering. indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/05/01/u...

Legit question. Now that we all see how self defeating and dumb gerrymandering is, how about we pass a nationwide ban on it to take effect in the 2030 census?

Hundreds of millions spent on misinformation. Millions of voters in new, oddly shaped districts. Incumbents retiring rather than run in new districts. No one really knows what will happen in November. It's time for better rules. PA could be an example. www.notus.org/analysis/red...

We've received some great responses to the Know Before You Vote candidate survey, some from former - or current! - Fair Districts PA volunteers, speakers & supporters. Check your own candidates' responses. If they haven't responded? Help us contact them. fairdistrictspa.com/take-action/...

🗳️1of3 - Five weeks until PA primary on May 19. Fair Districts PA & @lwvus.bsky.social have been working hard to collect candidate email addresses, ask candidates for positions on key questions, & provide links to candidate platforms.

FDPA Chair @CKuniholm & @NewPennsylvania's @kadidakenner are featured guests on April 20th in @RedWineBlueUSA Pennsylvania civics series on Zoom. Learn more about PA #redistricting & elections & ways to take action to strengthen our democracy. go.redwine.blue/r41

Fight fire with fire? Fix #gerrymandering with more gerrymandering? The escalating effort to rig district maps is morally, practically, politically indefensible. You do not defend democracy by bending it. Strengthen the rules. Protect the guardrails. Hold the line. cardinalnews.org/2026/04/07/c...

🦎1 of 2 If you're not a poll worker on PA Primary Day, May 19, consider a shift talking to voters as they leave the polls, inviting them to sign the petition in support of an independent redistricting commission. Find info & sign up here: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...

Vincent Nelson will be an FDPA intern this summer, but he's already going strong in support of an independent redistricting commission. He spoke last week at Montgomery County Community College about The Mathematics of Gerrymandering | Measuring Fair Representation youtu.be/1SUA8xnM3L0?...

🏛️1of2 Fair Districts PA/Fix Harrisburg has been studying the connection between PA's leader-led legislative redistricting process & PA's legislative process. In both, PA is an extreme outlier, with too much control in the hands of just a few party leaders. It doesn't need to be this way.

There are lots of takeaway headlines from Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas primaries yesterday. One common thread: turnout is up, attention is high, and voters want to be heard. Plus more hints that the redistricting war, started in Texas, may backfire. www.reuters.com/world/us/tak...

What will we do next? The real question: What will YOU do? Writers, farmers, organizers, hosts . . . Join the monthly call Monday at 7 pm for an update and ideas about how you can help. Register here: actionnetwork.org/forms/fair-d...

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? democracyproject.org/posts/curbin...

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...

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 broadandliberty.com/2026/02/17/p...

#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...

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...

@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. lancasteronline.com/opinion/lett...

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/...

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: actionnetwork.org/forms/fair-d... The meeting will be recorded & the link will be shared afterward here: www.fairdistrictspa.com/events/2026/...

#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.

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. youtu.be/lketJ-4Ya1E?...

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. youtube.com/@fairdistric...

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. actionnetwork.org/events/pa-de...

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.” www.fairdistrictspa.com/updates/rall...

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?...

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...

@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...