2009 LWVPA PRIORITY ISSUE:
REDISTRICTING REFORM

DON'T LET TIME RUN OUT!!

• League Position
• Take Action
• Find and Contact Your Legislators

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League Position in Brief:
Support apportionment based substantially on the population in all voting districts, with additional consideration given to compact and contiguous territory and with respect given to municipal boundaries.

Click here to read the League's full position.

Take Action - What you can do!

• Join the League of Women Voters! Your membership makes our voice stronger.

• Support our Redistricting Campaign with a financial contribution. Your gift to the League will help cover expenses for this important reform movement.

• Contact your PA Senator and Representative AT LEAST ONCE EACH MONTH and voice your support of redistricting legislation. This can be done via phone, email or letter.
  

• Get other groups involved! If you're a member of other civic organizations, mobilize those resources in support of this critical issue. Ask that the group leadership issue letters to your representatives and to the local newspaper in support of the League position.
  

• Let us know what you're doing! Keep us informed by emailing info@palwv.org to tell us what action you're taking.

Recommended Reading:

• The Shape of Representative Democracy
• Gerrymandering
• Gerrymandering Index White Paper
• FairVote.org - Voting & Democracy Research Center

Updated 1/27/2009

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