Efforts to entrench power through partisan gerrymandering are deeply undemocratic—and the newly proposed redistricting maps in Texas are a stark reminder that some political leaders would rather choose their voters than earn their votes.
But at Vote Forward, we believe that when every voice is heard at the ballot box, it means everyone is represented in our democracy. And it also makes it harder to draw unfair maps without accountability.
In 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down the state’s congressional map due to unconstitutional gerrymandering, paving the way for fair maps and fair elections in the future.
The outcome of this year’s race to retain 3 sitting justices could shape future rulings on election law and voting rights in one of the country’s most pivotal battleground states. It could also decide whether the state’s elections will continue to be held on fair maps, or if legislators will be allowed to follow Texas’s lead in gerrymandering their districts.
The Vote Forward community is already hard at work writing letters to voters in Pennsylvania ahead of this November’s election, and this year we’re even testing new tactics, like letters that invite the recipient to contact a group of trained volunteers.
