Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced the creation of a Redistricting Advisory Council as part of his commitment to a fair and transparent redistricting process that will involve the public. The Advisory Council has been tasked with: reviewing the processes in other states that reduce gerrymandering; developing factors to determine if a plan improves the integrity and fairness of representation while preventing the dilution of a person’s vote; and offering recommendations to ensure that districts are compact and contiguous, keep communities together, and ensure people are proportionally represented.

I am honored to have been invited to join this Advisory Council.