The House State Government Committee will take up legislation today regarding a preliminary Congressional redistricting map, which Representative Jim Struzzi says would serve as a starting point for developing a final version of redrawn congressional districts.
The map was one of 19 submitted to the committee through its online mapping tool. It came from Amanda Holt, a former Lehigh County Republican commissioner, through the committee’s online mapping tool. The map splits party registrations 50-50, one of the requirements for a new congressional map, and also meets the criteria for contiguity, population equality, minimal splitting of counties, compactness, and other factors, but opponents say it just barely meets some of those qualifications, and in some cases it’s minimal at best.
Holt’s map does give Republicans a slight edge in partisanship, but three major ratings services say it is “competitive” and comparable to the current court-ordered congressional map. The nonpartisan Princeton Gerrymandering Project gives the proposed map a “B” grade.
To comment on the map, visit www.paredistricting.com.
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