Op/Ed: Gerrymandering cheats voters

Aug 22nd, 2021 · 0 Comment
By Mike Hays, Special to The Times Mike Hays One of the most abhorrent and undemocratic things about gerrymandering is how it stifles competition. As a new teacher in Pennsylvania, I have been thinking about how I might explain gerrymandering to my 8th grade class. Full disclosure: I am not an innocent bystander, having run for the PA House 26th District in 2012 as an underfunded, yet determined, 32-year-old...

E. Marlborough supervisors asked to fight gerrymandering

May 4th, 2017 · 0 Comment
By Karen Cresta, Staff Writer, The Times EAST MARLBOROUGH – Fair Districts PA attended the East Marlborough Township meeting on Monday, May 1, and urged the supervisors to support their efforts to stop gerrymandering within the district. Gerrymandering is a term used to describe manipulating voting district boundaries to benefit political parties. District changes for the township have occurred throughout...

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