Over 2600 add their names to the Fix Harrisburg petition
Over 150 volunteers from across the state donned Fair Districts PA or Fix Harrisburg hats, shirts and pins and hit the polls on May 16, PA’s primary election day.
Updates
Fair Districts PA provides timely updates to keep supporters and the press up to date. To find out what the press is reporting check out our “Media Highlights page”.
How a Statewide Citizens Coalition Shined a Light on Years of Pennsylvania Gerrymandering.
John Kromer, a Fair Districts PA volunteer, recently completed a book on urban planning, housing and community development entitled Fixing Broken Cities: New Investment Policies for a Changed World. The final chapter tells the story of citizen engagement in the work of Fair Districts PA.
Wanted: Fix Harrisburg Summer Interns
Are you interested in Pennsylvania politics? Do you care about improving our state democracy? Consider an internship with Fix Harrisburg.
Memorandum on House Rules Reform
The Fair Districts PA rules research team has spent much time in the past few weeks reviewing House Resolution 1, discussing the process leading up to the vote on March 1, and looking back at final statistics from the 2021-2022 session.
A Historic Week in Harrisburg: New Speaker, New House Rules
In a short but historic week, PA house members elected a new speaker and approved new House rules with significant changes.
Speaker’s Listening Tour: Statewide Testimony in Favor of Rules Reform
Hundreds of Pennsylvanians from across the commonwealth participated in Speaker Mark Rozzi’s Listening Tour sessions from January 25 to February 2.
No Way to Handle the PA Constitution
In 2022, the PA General Assembly passed five constitutional amendments as part of one bill, Senate Bill 106, with late night votes weeks after the normal start of summer recess. After voter outcry about one of those amendments, the PA Senate has struck again, unbundling the five, then putting a different mix of three together in just three legislative days.
Rules can promote collaboration, accountability and bipartisanship
We are not lawyers, parliamentarians or procedural experts, but we HAVE spent the last few years deep in research on rules in use in other states and have also logged hundreds of hours of conversation with Pennsylvania legislators in both parties and both chambers.
Fix Harrisburg Rally
On the first day of the 2023-2024 legislative session, supporters came to Harrisburg to ask for better procedural rules.
Fix Harrisburg Advocacy Action
The status quo is not working in Harrisburg. We are asking for better procedural rules that support collaborative policymaking. The vote on rules has taken place in the Senate, but is still not scheduled in the House. Contact your state representative AND legislative leaders.