Many Bucks County residents are interested to know how the new voting districts will be drawn for the state House and Senate.
Many citizens, including the president of the League of Women Voters of Bucks County and the former executive director of the Bucks County Planning Commission, testified that the map should have one district in Lower Bucks, one in Central Bucks, and one for Upper Bucks, corresponding to how the county plans are drawn and the economic, environmental and social challenges of each region.
At least two maps were submitted with this testimony which aligned with these regions and met all constitutional requirements.
Despite this strong advocacy, it appears that citizen testimony was ignored. The preliminary LRC (Legislative Redistricting Commission) map proposes that Lower and Central Bucks should both be divided, packing Democrats into the 10th district. Some say this is an example of incumbent protection and “buddy-mandering,” where Republicans and Democratic caucuses make deals behind closed doors.
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