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    Legislative Reapportionment Proposal b Amanda Holt

    Contents

    p. 2-3 Remarks & Cases

    p. 4-5 Statewide Map: Senate Version (update)

    p. 6-7 Statewide Map: House Version 3

    p. 8-15 Proposed System for Legislative Reapportionment

    Snat

    p. 9 Step 1: Apportionment

    p. 10 Step 2 & 3: Regions and Size

    { note for illustrations of step 4 & 5, see the map on page 3 }

    p. 11 Step 6: Senate Minority-Majority Districts & Philadelphia

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    p. 12 Step 1: Apportionment

    p. 13 Step 2 & 3: Regions and Size

    { note for illustrations of step 4 & 5, see the map on page 5 }

    p. 14 Step 6: House Minority-Majority Districts

    p. 15 Highlighted Situations and Notes

    p. 16-19 House Map Close-Ups

    Contact

    Thank you for taking the time to consider this proposal. If you would like to speak fur ther with me about this,

    please feel free to contact me at [email protected] or 610-395-5014.

    Amanda Holt

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    Redistricting often seems plagued by partisan activities and biased decisions.

    Discussions on this issue often sink into a battle between two political parties. The

    casualties of this conict are the people they will represent and the constitution they are

    to uphold.

    In Lehigh County, where I live, there are many odd divisions of General Assembly districts

    which caused me to wonder if the law really required all these splits. In talking with

    family and friends living across the state, their areas also had splits that seemed illogical

    and promoted a poor representation of their areas.

    The PA Constitution states that no county, city, incorporated town, borough, township or

    ward shall be divided unless absolutely necessary and that districts are to be as nearly

    equal in population as practicable. The US Supreme court ruled that a 10% variant is

    permissible for the purpose of fullling constitutional requirements like the one in PA.

    Recent judicial rulings continue to prove that the 10% variant is still allowable, provided

    it is used to keep political subdivisions whole and not used to systematically adjust

    the presence of political parties in a district. Idaho, New Hampshire, and New York all

    had high variants (in the 9% range) which were upheld in higher courts in the 2001

    redistricting cycle.

    Further study revealed a method that is non-partisan and impartial which achieves

    equal population (as dened by the Supreme Court) with minimal splits to counties,

    municipalities, etc. (as required by PA Constitution).

    The steps of this method are illustrated on the following pages for both the Senate and

    House districts.

    The only considerations used were population totals and political subdivisions. The

    method leaves out the data that causes a more partisan and biased view of redistricting

    (like the residence of incumbents, prior district boundaries, political afliation of

    residents, etc.).

    Page 3 your packet shows the results for the Senate districts. The column

    labeled District Sizes shows that they are within the allowable variant range.

    The column labeled Boundary Splits illustrates that the variant was used for

    the proper purpose (keeping political subdivisions whole, as required by our

    constitution).

    Page 5 of your packet illustrates the same thing, except with the House districts.

    Page 7 provides the specic steps used to reach this result, with illustrations of

    each step on the subsequent pages.

    Page 10 and 13 discuss how this process created the required minority-majority

    districts (in compliance with VRA laws and judicial rulings).

    Close-ups of the House district maps are on pages 15-18.

    As you can see, it is possible to create districts that are as nearly equal in population as

    practicable (within the 10% variant range) while still keeping political subdivisions whole.

    They are compact and contiguous districts that offer the unied representation our

    founders considered so fundamental to serving the citizens of this great Commonwealth.

    Each map proves that the impartial system proposed here offers a non-partisan way

    to create General Assembly districts. It gives the framework necessary to respect

    and protect the boundaries of political subdivisions while still adhering to the other

    applicable laws.

    Many consider a redistricting plan to be superior when it achieves equal district sizes

    while still preserving local political subdivisions. Pennsylvania has an opportunity for

    greatness. It is my hope that this Commission will seize this moment and chose the

    superior way.

    Remarks

    Based on several judicial cases, the Courts in 2001 said it is allowable to have a variant

    in the 9% range, provided it is to preserve whole counties (etc.) and applies this with

    consistency statewide (without discriminating).

    In looking at a summary of redistricting cases from post-2000 maps, four states had

    plans with a larger variant. In three of the four cases, the larger variant was upheld as

    legal. Not all of these cases reached the US Supreme Court.

    In Georgia, a 9.98% deviation was not allowed for multiple violations of the law

    (including not preserving whole counties as well as many other faults -- intentionally

    dilutes votes, considering political data, and violated their constitution, among several

    other violations). Larios v. Cox, No. 1:03-CV-693-CAP, 300 F. Supp.2d 1320 (N.D. Ga.

    Feb. 10, 2004), affd 542 U.S. 947 (June 30, 2004) ( No. 03-1413) (mem.).

    In Idaho a 9.71% deviation was allowed for the purpose of preserving whole counties,

    etc. without discrimination. Bonneville County v. Ysursa, 2005 Opinion No. 138, 142

    Idaho 464, 129 P.3d 1213 (Idaho Dec. 28, 2005)

    New Hampshire had an overall range of 9.26% and New York had a range of 9.78%.

    Both plans were upheld. See Burling v. Chandler, No. 2002-0210, 148 N.H. 143 (N.H.

    July 26, 2002) (House plan) and Allen v. Pataki, No. 02-101712 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., N.Y.

    County, May 29, 2002).

    The summary does not list the Legislative variant in every state, only those challenged.

    So some states may have also had a larger variant (close to 10%) that met with no

    opposition. (Found document that states 32/50 states have variant above 9%.)

    Based on these cases, a variant in the 9% range would be allowed in PA to help us fulll

    our constitutional rule about not splitting Counties, etc. unless absolutely necessary for

    equal population (equal meaning a less than 10% variant).

    Cases

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    Pnnslvana Snat Rdstrctn Proposal (District Sizes)

    Dstrct S Counts1 253,348 Bucks (part - 253348)

    2 254,476 Philadelph ia (part - 254476)

    3 254,097 Philadelphia (part - 254097)

    4 253,418 Philadelph ia (part - 253418)

    5 254,087 Philadelphia (part - 254087)

    6 248,516 Chester (part - 248516)

    7 255,726 Philadelphia (part - 255726)8 254,202 Philadelphia (part - 254202)

    9 255,931 Delaware (part - 255931)

    10 254,042 Bucks (part - 254042)

    11 253,378 Berks (part - 159544); Montgomery (Part - 93834)

    12 252,631 Montgomery (part - 252631)

    13 260,090 Lancaster (part - 260090)

    14 254,511 Carbon (65249); Luzerne (Part - 163455); Monroe (Part - 25807)

    15 268,100 Dauphin (268100)

    16 255,855 Lehigh (Part - 255855)

    17 250,151 Delaware (part - 48491); Montgomer y (part -- 201660)

    18 253,839 Northampton (part - 253839)

    19 250,370 Chester (part - 250370)

    20 254,789 Bradford (62622); Luzerne (part - 157463); Sullivan (6428); Wyoming (28276)

    21 251,653 Clarion (39988); Erie (part - 28054); Forest (7716); Indiana (88880); Jefferson (45200); Warren (41815)22 257,793 Lackawanna (214437); Susquehanna (43356)

    23 263,322 Cameron (5085); Clinton (39238); Lycoming (116111); McKean (43450); Potter (17457); Tioga (41981)

    24 251,898 Berks (part - 251898)

    25 257,614 Adams (101407); York (part - 156207)

    26 254,557 Delaware (part - 254557)

    27 254,223 Columbia (67295); Montour (18267); Northumberland (94528); Schuylkill (part - 29186); Union (44947)

    28 256,930 York (part - 256930)

    29 255,397 Bucks (part - 117859); Lehigh (part - 93642); Northampton (part - 43896)

    30 254,593 Bedford (49762); Blair (127089); Somerset (77742)

    31 257,241 Cumberland (235406); York (part - 21835)

    32 250,779 Fayette (136606); Westmoreland (114173)

    33 256,345 Franklin (149618); Fulton (14845); Huntingdon (45913 ); Perry (45969)

    34 265,010 Centre (153990); Juniata (24636); Mifin (46682); Snyder (39702);

    35 257,267 Cambria (143679); Cleare ld (81642); Elk (31946)

    36 259,355 Lancaster (part - 259355)37 245,419 Allegheny (part - 245419);

    38 245,209 Allegheny (part - 245209)

    39 250,996 Westmoreland (part - 250996)

    40 244,843 Allegheny (part - 244843)

    41 252,803 Armstrong (68941); Butler (183862)

    42 243,903 Allegheny (part - 243903)

    43 243,974 Allegheny (part - 243974)

    44 251,749 Montgomer y (part - 251749)

    45 254,226 Monroe (part - 144035); Pike (57369); Wayne (52822)

    46 246,506 Greene (38686); Washington (207820)

    47 261,647 Beaver (170539); Lawrence (91108);

    48 252,671 Lebanon (133568); Schuylki ll (part - 119103)

    49 252,512 Erie (252512)

    50 260,387 Crawford (88765); Mercer (116638); Venango (54984);12,702,397

    Not:

    For a list of the specic

    cities, boroughs, and

    townships used within

    each county and district,

    please refer to the

    Commissions ofce

    for an electronic copy

    of the data. It was too

    lengthy to include in

    this summary. It was

    emailed in a le named

    senate_by_vtd_update.

    csv.

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    Larst: 65,249 / Carbon (was 62,099 / #58)

    Smallst: 60,068 / Delaw. (was 58,751/#114)

    Drnc: 5,181 (was 3,348)

    Avra: 62,379

    Percentage Largest/Smallest District is:

    Abov Avra: 3.83% (was 2.65%)

    Blow Avra: 3.71% (was 2.89%)

    Ovrall Varant: 8.63% (was 5.70%)

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    # of splits by ...

    Count: 42/67 (was 48/67)

    Muncpalt: 23 (was over 75)

    Ward: 31 (was over 50)

    # of Districts that include splits of ...

    Counts: 34/203 (was 64/203)

    Muncpalts: 39/203 (was 152/203)

    Wards: 33/203 (was 97/203)

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    Pnnslvana Hous Rdstrctn Proposal (District Sizes)# S Counts

    1 63,728 Erie

    2 62,584 Erie

    3 63,617 Erie

    4 63,759 Erie

    5 62,530 Crawford, Erie, Mercer

    6 61,872 Crawford

    7 63,328 Mercer

    8 63,380 Mercer, Venango

    9 62,688 Lawrence10 63,001 Clarion, Venango

    11 62,427 Butler

    12 63,922 Butler

    13 61,430 Chester

    14 62,690 Beaver, Lawrence

    15 61,527 Beaver

    16 61,637 Beaver

    17 63,606 Armstrong, Butler

    18 60,427 Bucks

    19 61,444 Allegheny (Pitts.)

    20 61,467 Allegheny (Pitts.)

    21 62,698 Allegheny

    22 61,515 Allegheny (Pitts.)

    23 61,421 Allegheny (Pitts.)24 62,241 Allegheny (Pitts. part)

    25 62,045 Allegheny

    26 62,446 Chester

    27 62,928 Allegheny

    28 61,145 Beaver, Allegheny

    29 63,312 Bucks

    30 62,958 Allegheny

    31 62,962 Bucks

    32 62,180 Allegheny

    33 60,303 Allegheny

    34 62,192 Allegheny

    35 61,295 Allegheny

    36 62,009 Berks

    37 61,889 Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon

    38 62,246 Allegheny (Pitts. part)39 60,941 Allegheny

    40 61,528 Allegheny

    41 61,809 Lancaster

    42 60,652 Allegheny

    43 63,573 Lancaster

    44 63,239 Allegheny

    45 63,015 Allegheny

    46 61,411 Washington

    47 63,759 York

    48 60,997 Washington

    49 62,040 Washington

    50 62,058 Greene, Washington

    51 63,586 Fayette

    52 62,578 Fayette53 62,921 Montgomery

    Not: For a list of the specic cities,

    boroughs, and townships used within each

    county and district, please refer to the

    Commissions ofce for an electronic copy

    of the data. It was too lengthy to include in

    this summary. It is on the CD in a le named

    house_by_vtd_ver3.csv.

    54 61,576 Westmoreland

    55 62,169 Westmoreland

    56 62,260 Westmoreland

    57 63,634 Westmoreland

    58 63,708 Westmoreland

    59 62,264 Fayette, Westmoreland

    60 62,848 Armstrong

    61 62,809 Montgomery

    62 63,484 Indiana

    63 62,846 York

    64 61,086 Lancaster

    65 62,673 Erie, Forest, Warren

    66 62,452 Elk, Jefferson

    67 63,229 Cameron, Elk, McKean

    68 63,416 Lycoming, Potter, Tioga

    69 63,897 Somerset

    70 62,084 Montgomery

    71 62,528 Cambria

    72 60,719 Franklin, Fulton

    73 62,561 Cambria

    74 62,783 Cambria, Cleareld , Indiana

    75 62,845 Cleareld

    76 60,302 Centre, Clinton

    77 62,861 Centre78 63,607 Bedford, Somerset

    79 63,152 Blair

    80 63,937 Blair

    81 62,245 Centre, Huntingdon, Mifin

    82 62,526 Juniata, Mifin

    83 62,465 Lycoming

    84 63,279 Columbia, Lycoming, Union

    85 62,277 Northumberland, Union

    86 62,478 Dauphin, Perry

    87 62,476 Cumberland

    88 60,996 Cumberland

    89 64,542 Cumberland, Franklin

    90 63,188 Franklin

    91 62,522 Adams

    92 61,488 York

    93 60,949 York

    94 61,834 York

    95 62,827 York

    96 64,035 Lancaster

    97 62,611 Lancaster

    98 62,222 Lancaster

    99 63,719 Lancaster

    100 62,916 Lancaster

    101 62,684 Lebanon

    102 62,871 Lebanon

    103 63,080 Dauphin

    104 63,553 Dauphin

    105 62,413 Dauphin

    106 62,597 Dauphin107 62,876 Northumberland

    108 62,870 Northumberland, Snyder

    109 63,105 Columbia

    110 62,622 Bradford

    111 62,798 Sullivan, Susquehanna, Wyoming

    112 62,874 Lackawanna

    113 62,237 Lackawanna

    114 61,414 Lackawanna

    115 63,341 Susquehanna, Wayne

    116 64,956 Monroe, Northampton

    117 62,293 Luzerne

    118 61,010 Lackawanna , Luzerne

    119 62,063 Luzerne

    120 61,768 Luzerne

    121 62,213 Luzerne

    122 65,249 Carbon

    123 63,140 Luzerene, Schuylkill

    124 61,650 Schuylkill

    125 62,982 Schuylkill

    126 61,446 Berks

    127 62,770 Berks

    128 63,445 Berks

    129 63,095 Berks

    130 62,223 Berks

    131 62,722 Lehigh132 63,862 Lehigh

    133 62,644 Lehigh

    134 62,540 Lehigh

    135 64,173 Northampton

    136 62,968 Northampton

    137 60,942 Northampton

    138 63,019 Northampton

    139 62,112 Pike, Wayne

    140 61,065 Bucks

    141 64,308 Bucks

    142 63,365 Bucks

    143 62,717 Bucks

    144 61,914 Bucks

    145 62,991 Bucks

    146 61,699 Montgomery

    147 61,360 Montgomery

    148 61,902 Montgomery

    149 63,474 Montgomery

    150 63,577 Montgomery

    151 62,239 Montgomery

    152 63,652 Montgomery

    153 62,275 Montgomery

    154 62,469 Chester

    155 63,404 Chester

    156 61,096 Chester

    157 64,765 Chester

    158 62,831 Chester

    159 62,344 Delaware

    160 60,464 Delaware161 62,182 Delaware

    162 60,068 Delaware

    163 62,038 Delaware

    164 61,004 Delaware

    165 63,852 Delaware

    166 63,678 Delaware

    167 60,445 Chester

    168 62,001 Delaware

    169 62,812 Philadelphia

    170 62,846 Philadelphia

    171 62,525 Centre

    172 62,861 Philadelphia

    173 63,411 Philadelphia

    174 62,107 Montgomer y

    175 63,092 Philadelphia

    176 64,586 Monroe

    177 61,528 Philadelphia

    178 62,188 Bucks

    179 62,979 Philadelphia

    180 62,950 Philadelphia

    181 62,832 Philadelphia

    182 63,628 Philadelphia

    183 61,006 Lehigh, Northampton

    184 63,413 Philadelphia

    185 63,650 Philadelphia186 63,391 Philadelphia

    187 61,363 Lehigh

    188 63,326 Philadelphia

    189 62,293 Monroe

    190 63,793 Philadelphia

    191 64,436 Philadelphia

    192 63,837 Philadelphia

    193 63,904 Adams, Cumberland

    194 63,304 Philadelphia

    195 62,374 Philadelphia

    196 61,269 York

    197 62,529 Philadelphia

    198 63,351 Philadelphia

    199 62,929 Cumberland

    200 61,657 Philadelphia

    201 62,639 Philadelphia

    202 62,427 Philadelphia

    203 64,063 Philadelphia

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    The Steps and Formulas

    Step 1: County Apportionment

    a) PA Population / Number of Legislators = Target Average District Population

    b) County Population / Target Average District Population = County Apportionment

    Step 2. Place Counties into Groups

    a) For Senate Districts: Group Counties so that apportionment totals equal as close to a whole number

    as possible without breaking county lines.b) For Representative Districts: Group Counties so that apportionment totals equal as close to a whole

    number as possible without breaking county lines.

    Step 3: Verify County Groups are of equal population, as practicable (within 10% variant range)

    a) Population of Grouped County(s) / Number of Apportioned Legislators = Actual District Population

    b) Actual District Population / PA Population = Actual District Percentage of Population

    Step 4: Divide County Groups exceeding one into districts with one legislator

    Step 5: Assign District numbers

    Step 6: Verify compliance with Voting Rights Act

    a) Preserve existing minority-majority district(s)b) Create new minority-majority district(s), if required.

    The Law

    The Commonwealth shall be divided

    into fty senatorial and two hundred

    three representative districts, which

    shall be composed of compact and

    contiguous territory as nearly equal

    in population as practicable. Each

    senatorial district shall elect one

    Senator, and each representative

    district one Representative. Unless

    absolutely necessary no county, city,

    incorporated town, borough, township or

    ward shall be divided in forming either a

    senatorial or representative district.

    (Article 2, Section 16).

    The Goal

    To use formulas to follow the law by

    creating districts not dvdd b count,

    ct, tc. unless absolutely necessary

    to keep the population of each district

    equal (in a practical sense).

    Proposed System

    for Legislative Reapportionment

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    Pnnslvana Snat Dstrcts Stp 1: Apportonmnt

    1.10

    .15.54

    .31.20

    .06

    .23

    1.71

    .35

    .46

    .21

    .16

    .03

    .16

    .36

    .72

    .27

    .18

    .67

    4.82

    .35

    .57

    1.44

    .82

    .50

    .18

    .59

    .02.13

    .17

    .15

    .07

    .61

    .17

    .09

    2.04

    .18

    .16

    .93

    .26

    .18

    .03

    .25

    .21

    .26

    .18

    .53

    .58

    1.62

    .07

    .37

    .11

    .40

    .46

    .17

    1.26

    .84

    .67

    1.96

    3.15

    2.20

    2.46

    1.17

    1.38

    1.06

    .32

    6.01

    illustratd Count Apportonmnts (see below for the formula for obtaining this number)

    a) PA Population / Number of Legislators = Target Average District Population

    b) County Population / Target Average District Population = County Apportionment

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    Pnnslvana Snat Dstrcts Stp 2: Rons

    1.10

    .15.54

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    .06

    .23

    1.71

    .35

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    .21

    .16

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    .67

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    1.44

    .82

    .50

    .18

    .59

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    .17

    .15

    .07

    .61

    .17

    .09

    2.04

    .18

    .16

    .93

    .26

    .18

    .03

    .25

    .21

    .26

    .18

    .53

    .58

    1.62

    .07

    .37

    .11

    .40

    .46

    .17

    1.26

    .84

    .67

    1.96

    3.15

    2.20

    2.46

    1.17

    1.38

    1.06

    .32

    6.01

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    % # o sats Total Count

    268,100 2.11% 1 268,100 Dauphin

    265,010 2.09% 1 265,010 Centre, Juniata, Mifin, Snyder

    263,322 2.07% 1 263,322 Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, Tioga, Cameron, McKea n

    261,647 2.06% 1 261,647 Beaver, Lawrence

    260,387 2.05% 1 260,387 Crawford, Mercer, Venango

    259,723 2.04% 2 519,445 Lancaster

    257,793 2.03% 1 257,793 Lackawanna, Susquehanna

    257,267 2.03% 1 257,267 Cleareld, Cambria, Elk

    257,262 2.03% 3 771,785 York, Adams, Cumberland

    256,345 2.02% 1 256,345 Perry, Huntingdon, Franklin, Fulton

    254,836 2.01% 1 254,836 Bradford, Sullivan, Wyoming, Luzerne (par t)

    254,593 2.00% 1 254,593 Bedford, Blair, Somerset

    254,496 2.00% 5 1,272,481 Bucks, Northampton, Lehigh

    % # o sats Total Count

    254,345 2.00% 2 508,690 Monroe, Pike, Wayne, Carbon, Luzerne (part)

    254,334 2.00% 6 1,526,006 Philadelphia

    2 54 ,2 23 2 .0 0% 1 2 54 ,2 23 M on to ur, No rt hu mbe rl and , C olu mbi a, Sc huy lk il l ( pa rt ), Un io n

    253,353 1.99% 1 253,353 Erie (pa rt), Indiana , Calr ion, For est, Jef ferson, War ren

    252,899 1.99% 7 1,770,295 Montgomery, Berks, Delaware

    252,803 1.99% 1 252,803 Armstrong, Butler

    252,671 1.99% 1 252,671 Lebanon, Schuylkill (part)

    250,888 1.98% 2 501,775 Westmoreland, Fayette

    250,812 1.97% 1 250,812 Erie (part)

    249,443 1.96% 2 498,886 Chester

    246,506 1.94% 1 246,506 Washington, Greene

    244,670 1.93% 5 1,223,348 Allegheny

    255,509 2.01% 50 12,702,379 est. Ovrall Varant: 9.58%

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    Step 6

    Senate Minority-Majority Districts& Philadelphia

    Because of strong minority presence in Philadelphia County, any plan must consider minority-majority districts. Districts 3, 4, 7,

    8 were all minority-majority districts in 2001 and retained their status.

    Creating a 5th minority-majority was attempted by pulling minority populations from surrounding counties. Doing so, however,

    did not result in a district that met the Voting Rights Act (VRA) criteria for a minority-majority district. No minority race had a

    majority (50% + 1) in the attempted district. There would be no grounds for claim to the contrary under the VRA.

    The following two charts list all districts in Philadelphia with racial stats. It is interesting to note the growth of the Hispanic

    presence in District 2.

    All of Population

    #2 #3 #4 #5 #7 #8

    White 29.5% 33.0% 22.1% 73.0% 34.3% 29.3%

    Black 24.4% 55.5% 53.8% 10.5% 55.0% 54.1%

    Hispanic 39.5% 4.9% 13.4% 7.7% 3.1% 5.3%

    Asian 4.9% 4.3% 8.0% 6.6% 5.0% 9.0%

    Other 1.8% 2.3% 2.7% 2.3% 2.6% 2.4%

    Voting Age Population

    #2 #3 #4 #5 #7 #8

    White 34.8% 38.0% 25.0% 75.5% 37.9% 33.5%

    Black 23.1% 50.6% 52.8% 10.1% 51.3% 50.9%

    Hispanic 35.3% 4.5% 11.6% 6.5% 2.8% 4.8%

    Asian 5.4% 4.8% 8.3% 6.3% 5.7% 8.9%

    Other 1.5% 2.1% 2.3% 1.6% 2.3% 2.0%

    TrmMinority-Majority District, as

    dened by Federal Law, is

    when a minority can compose

    a 50% plus 1 of the over 18

    population within one district.

    See Bartlett v. Strickland, 129

    S.Ct. 1231 (2009).

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    Pnnslvana Hous Dstrcts Stp 1: Apportonmnt

    1.42

    4.48

    1.86

    .88

    .67

    .12

    .64

    1.46

    2.94

    1.10

    .72

    2.73

    19.55

    1.42

    2.30

    5.84

    3.32

    .62 2.181.24

    .80

    2.03

    .73

    .24

    2.39

    .08.51

    .69

    .63

    .28

    2.46

    .67

    .39

    8.30

    .73

    .63

    3.76

    1.08

    .72

    .10

    1.00

    .84

    1.04

    .75

    2.13

    2.37

    6.58

    .29

    1.51

    .45

    1.62

    1.86

    .69

    5.13

    3.43

    2.71

    .92

    7.97

    12.78

    8.93

    9.99

    4.76

    5.59

    6.95

    4.28

    1.30

    24.39

    illustratd Count Apportonmnts (see below for the formula for obtaining this number)

    a) PA Population / Number of Legislators = Target Average District Population

    b) County Population / Target Average District Population = County Apportionment

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    1.86

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    1.46

    2.94

    1.10

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    19.55

    1.42

    2.30

    5.84

    3.32

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    2.39

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    .63

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    3.76

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    1.04

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    2.13

    2.37

    6.58

    .29

    1.51

    .45

    1.62

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    .69

    5.13

    3.43

    2.71

    .92

    7.97

    12.78

    8.93

    9.99

    4.76

    5.59

    6.95

    4.28

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    62,249 0.49% 1 62,249 Carbon

    63,752 0.50% 2 127,504 Bedford, Somerset

    63,545 0.50% 2 127,089 Blair

    63,201 0.50% 4 252,803 Butler, Armstrong

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    62,862 0.49% 37 2,325,880 Philadelphia, Montgomery

    62,852 0.49% 13 817,074 Lehigh, Northampton, Monroe

    62,841 0.49% 2 125,681 Cameron, McKean, Jefferson, Elk

    62,840 0.49% 5 314,201 Cleareld, Cambria, Indiana

    62,814 0.49% 5 314,069 Dauphin, Perry

    62,750 0.49% 3 188,251 Sullivan, Wayne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wyoming

    % # o sats Total Count

    62,722 0.49% 8 501,775 Westmoreland, Fayette

    62,660 0.49% 8 501,276 Fulton, Cumberland, Franklin, Adams

    62,622 0.49% 1 62,622 Bradford

    62,615 0.49% 17 1,064,455 Lancaster, Lebanon, Berks

    62,525 0.49% 10 625,249 Bucks

    62,361 0.49% 8 498,886 Chester

    62,149 0.49% 11 683,644 Lackawanna, Luzerne, Schuylkill

    62,139 0.49% 7 434,972 York

    62,109 0.49% 9 558,979 Delaware

    62,092 0.49% 5 310,459 Juniata, Mifin, Clinton, Centre, Huntingdon

    61,875 0.49% 24 1,484,995 Allegheny, Beaver, Lawrence

    61,627 0.49% 4 246,506 Washington, Greene

    62,659 0.49% 203 12,702,379 est. Ovrall Varant: 7.62%

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    Step 6 : House Minority-Majority DistrictsIn 2001, there were 17 House districts that met the criteria for a minority-majority district 14 in Philadelphia, 1 in Delaware,

    and 2 in Pittsburgh.

    The proposed map found it necessary to create 20 minority-majority districts.

    1 previous minority-majority districts fell short of the required quota due to the changes in populations and district sizes

    (specicaly the one in Delaware).

    Of the previous minority-majority districts, all 14 were retained in Philadelphia as well as the 2 in Pittsburgh.

    4 new minority-majority districts were created in the following counties: Berks (1 - Reading); Delaware (2 - Darby/Upper

    Darby area); Lehigh (1 - Allentown).

    Creating additional minority-majority districts was attempted by crossing political subdivisions. Doing so, however, did not result

    in a district that met the Voting Rights Act (VRA) criteria for a minority-majority district. No minority race had a majority (50% + 1)

    in the attempted district. So although several came close, there would be no grounds for claim to the contrary under the VRA.

    The following two charts list all minoirty-majority house districts with racial stats.

    All of Population

    #19(Pitts.)

    #24(Pitts.-

    Penn)

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    #133(Lehigh)

    #161(Delaw.)

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    White 38.3% 39.6% 28.1% 27.5% 40.6% 17.4% 15.5% 5.2% 29.5% 28.0% 26.6% 25.5% 14.4% 18.5% 10.4% 8.8% 7.1% 33.8% 8.7% 17.5%

    Black 54.2% 54.4% 10.0% 11.7% 52.6% 64.8% 24.3% 50.9% 55.3% 54.0% 57.3% 63.9% 74.1% 74.1% 82.8% 34.1% 86.4% 56.1% 85.2% 51.8%

    Hispanic 2.1% 1.6% 58.5% 56.7% 2.6% 4.6% 54.6% 34.2% 3.9% 4.4% 3.5% 3.3% 2.9% 2.6% 3.2% 53.1% 3.0% 3.1% 2.8% 16.6%

    Asian 2.7% 1.3% 1.2% 1.5% 1.5% 10.2% 3.9% 7.7% 9.1% 11.2% 9.5% 4.9% 6.0% 2.5% 1.6% 2.6% 1.1% 4.7% .7% 11.5%

    Other 2.7% 3.1% 2.1% 2.5% 2.7% 3.0% 1.7% 2.0% 2.1% 2.3% 3.2% 2.4% 2.7% 2.3% 2.1% 1.5% 2.4% 2.4% 2.6% 2.6%

    TrmMinority-Majority District, as

    dened by Federal Law, is

    when a minority can compose

    a 50% plus 1 of the over 18

    population within one district.

    See Bartlett v. Strickland, 129

    S.Ct. 1231 (2009).

    Not on NumbrsNumbers correspond to the

    emailed spreadsheet with

    breakdown by VTD.

    Voting Age Population

    #19 #24 #127 #133 #161 #163 #177 #180 #185 #186 #188 #190 #191 #192 #195 #197 #198 #200 #201 #203

    White 42.9% 44.4% 35.4% 34.6% 45.4% 20.7% 19.8% 6.3% 34.6% 32.5% 30.8% 28.8% 17.8% 21.5% 13.3% 10.8% 8.8% 35.6% 9.9% 21.2%

    Black 50.0% 50.7% 10.6% 11.4% 49.1% 62.1% 23.5% 51.3% 51.1% 50.6% 52.0% 61.3% 69.7% 71.3% 79.8% 34.2% 85.2% 55.2% 84.8% 49.5%

    Hispanic 2.0% 1.3% 51.1% 50.5% 2.1% 4.3% 51.1% 32.1% 3.5% 3.9% 3.4% 3.0% 2.7% 2.3% 3.0% 50.8% 2.6% 2.6% 2.3% 15.0%

    Asian 2.9% 1.4% 1.4% 1.7% 1.5% 10.5% 4.3% 8.4% 9.0% 11.1% 10.8% 4.9% 7.3% 2.9% 1.9% 2.8% 1.3% 4.6% .8% 12.2%

    Other 2.1% 2.3% 1.5% 1.8% 1.9% 2.4% 1.3% 1.8% 1.8% 1.9% 3.0% 1.9% 2.6% 2.1% 2.0% 1.4% 2.1% 1.8% 2.1% 2.1%

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    Highlighted Situations and Notes

    Non-Contuous Count Subdvsons: #41 (Lancaster Twp) -- The Township of Lancaster is not contiguous as portions of the township

    (and even Manheim Twp) are occasionally interspersed with Lancaster City (#96). In the approved

    2000 PA redistricting plan, these districts were allowed even though they contained these non-

    contiguous portions. So it appears that non-contiguous county sub divisions do not count toward

    making a non-contiguous district.

    Mnort-Majort Dstrcts #161 (Delaware - orange colored) While having a 50% plus 1 majority of the total population,

    it just falls short of the number for the over 18 population (49.1%). Because the 49.1% still gives

    the minority a majority, it seems unnecessary to cross county subdivisions to bring it up to the

    technically required 50% plus 1. If the Courts do not agree, then this could be met by moving

    Philadelphia Wd 3 Precinct 21 and 22 from District 163 to 161. District 163 would take two VTD

    from Ward 34 (District 90).

    Several districts contained a large minority presence, but failed to reach the required 50% plus 1

    minimum. Every effort was made to adjust the boundaries by splitting county subdivisions to reach

    a majority. In each case, however, it was not possible to reach the required 50% plus 1 population

    majority that would justify the splitting of County Subdivisions. Therefore, these districts were

    left with whole County Subdivisions. They are: #96 (Lancaster City, Lancaster); #103 (Harrisburg,

    Dauphin); and #159 (Chester City, Delaware) as well as several districts in the Philadelphia region

    (especially #179 and #202).

    Trms Equal Population, as dened by Federal

    law, is a less than 10% overall variant in

    Legislative districts, especially when used to

    keep County Subdivisions whole. See Brown v.

    Thomson, 462 U. S. 835 (1983)

    Minority-Majority District, as dened by

    Federal Law, is when a minority can compose

    a 50% plus 1 of the over 18 population within

    one district. See Bartlett v. Strickland, 129

    S.Ct. 1231 (2009)

    Not on Numbrs Numbers correspond to the emailed

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