August 03, 2021

August 3rd - Legislative Reapportionment Commission Holds Two Public Hearings

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission held two public hearings on Tuesday, August 3, 2021.

Tuesday, August 3, 2021 | North Office Building Hearing Room 1, Harrisburg, PA

The hearing at 2:00 p.m. featured presentations on the subjects of Citizen Participation in Reapportionment, and other Perspectives on Mapping. (Agenda, Transcript). Watch the meeting

• Citizen Participation in Reapportionment
  • Carol Kuniholm: Co-Founder and Chair, Fair Districts of PA (Testimony)
  • Khalif Ali: Executive Director, Common Cause of Pennsylvania (Testimony)
• Perspectives in Mapping
  • Amanda Holt: Named Plaintiff in Holt vs. 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Commission and mapping expert (Testimony)
  • Lee Hachadoorian: Faculty Member in the Temple University Department of Geography & Urban Studies and Assistant Director of the Professional Science Master's Degree Program in Geographic Information System

The hearing at 6:00 p.m. gathered feedback from Pennsylvania citizens regarding legislative reapportionment. (Agenda, Transcript). Watch the meeting

• Jenna Henry, State College
• Kyle Hynes, State College
• Monica Banks, Harrisburg
• Salewa Ogunmefun, Philadelphia (Testimony)
• Ahmad Mitchell, Philadelphia
• Anne Hanna, Philadelphia (Testimony)
• Ardith Talbott, Solebury (Testimony, Slides, Block File)
• Blyden Potts, Shippensburg (Testimony)
• Charles Black, Philadelphia
• Diana Robinson, Philadelphia
• Janice Eastbourn-Bloom, Ebensburg (Testimony)
• Howard Wiener, Philadelphia (Testimony)
• Kathleen O'Connell, Lemont (Testimony)
• Khari Mosley, Pittsburgh
• Kris Henderson, Philadelphia
• Michael Waxenberg, Lords Valley (Testimony)
• Nickolas Bartel, Washington
• Nikki Grant, Philadelphia
• Robert Williams, Wayne
• Nancy Jimenez, Reading
• Rosalyn Cahill, Erwinna (Testimony)
• Brian Gordon, Merion Station

*** UPDATED 12/20/2021 ***