Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Senate Map
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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. A Service Sorority Founded in 1913 January 17, 2022 Chairman Mark Nordenberg Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission Pennsylvania State Capitol P.O. Box 203279 Harrisburg, PA 17120 Dear Chairman Nordenberg: The Pennsylvania Redistricting Cohort of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (DST) is opposed to the preliminary version of the Legislative Reapportionment Commission’s Senate Map. Our organization comprises 4,000 members throughout the Commonwealth who are committed to protecting the right to vote and ensuring that the Commonwealth uses maps that fairly reflect the voices of African American Pennsylvanians and other communities of color within the state. We strongly encourage you to support our proposed map which increases minority voting age population in District 43 (mostly Pittsburgh) from 36.7% to 42.4%. This move adjusts the borders of other Allegheny County districts. Three consequences of these border shifts are: keeping more of the Mon Valley together in District 45, adding parts of Southeast Pittsburgh into 45, and 37 no longer dipping into the city. Districts Deviation Minority Hispanic Black 8 0% 74% 4% 60% 7 0% 73% 4% 65% 4 0% 72% 7% 59% 3 2% 60% 27% 28% Pennsylvania Redistricting Cohort paredistrictingcohort@gmail.com 2 3% 58% 23% 28% 26 -4% 44% 5% 30% 5 1% 42% 10% 16% 43 -3% 41% 3% 29% 14 1% 41% 29% 11% 11 -1% 41% 30% 9% 1 0% 39% 8% 15% 15 0% 38% 10% 20% 17 3% 28% 7% 11% 40 5% 27% 12% 12% 18 -3% 26% 13% 8% 36 1% 26% 14% 7% 12 2% 24% 4% 7% 19 5% 24% 7% 8% 45 -4% 24% 2% 17% 31 0% 22% 9% 9% 42 -2% 21% 3% 11% 9 -4% 19% 6% 6% 22 3% 19% 9% 6% 44 5% 19% 5% 7% 6 4% 18% 5% 4% 10 4% 18% 5% 6% 29 -5% 17% 12% 4% 49 4% 16% 3% 8% 16 1% 14% 5% 3% 48 -1% 14% 8% 3% 24 4% 14% 4% 4% 37 -5% 13% 2% 4% 34 2% 13% 3% 3% 28 1% 12% 4% 4% 33 0% 12% 6% 3% 35 0% 11% 2% 4% 13 0% 11% 5% 3% 47 -2% 11% 2% 5% 38 -4% 10% 2% 3% 25 2% 10% 2% 3% 23 1% 10% 2% 4% 20 2% 9% 3% 3% 50 1% 9% 1% 5% 46 -4% 9% 2% 4% 27 -4% 8% 3% 2% 32 -5% 7% 1% 4% 39 2% 7% 1% 3% 41 -2% 7% 1% 3% 30 -4% 7% 1% 3% 21 -4% 6% 1% 2% Your consideration in this matter is crucial and greatly appreciated. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at paredistrictingcohort@gmail.com. Sincerely, Linda J Miller ________________________________________ Linda J. Miller Member, PA Redistricting Cohort Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Attachment: Proposed Senate Map https://davesredistricting.org/join/58becb1c-2b93-4b7f-a32b-d5bccdb7403b cc: The Hon. Kim L. Ward, Senate Majority Leader The Hon. Kerry A. Benninghoff, House Majority Leader The Hon. Jay Costa, Senate Democratic Leader The Hon. Joanna E. McClinton, House Democratic Leader