Groundhog Day in Harrisburg, 2026

Описание: On Groundhog Day, Feb. 2, 2026, Fair Districts PA and friends returned once again to the Capitol rotunda in Harrisburg to ask legislators give redistricting reform bills a vote.
The event marked the start of the second decade of effort by Fair Districts PA to achieve this critical reform.
Some legislators and good government groups have been asking for reform for over 40 years.
The PA constitution promised the people the right to alter and reform. It's time to end the Groundhog Day loop of bills introduced again, and again, and again.

00:00 FDPA Chair Carol Kuniholm proposes a bill to make the groundhog the official mascot of the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
05:53 Duncan MacLean (aka Lebanon Larry) asks the legislature to see the shadow of partisan gerrymandering looming in 2031 and move quickly to pass reform.
09:03 Kathy Cox, League of Women Voters of Centre County, explains League work for fair redistricting in red and blue states, and across the last forty years of Pennsylvania partisan gerrymandering.
15:45 Jodi Reese, a lead researcher for the Fix Harrisburg project, describes reasonable reforms introduced and ignored again and again, or finally passed after many years of delay.
24:43 Carol Kuniholm highlights the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the first Pennsylvania constitution, and the promise of that the people have the right to alter and reform their government.
30:00 Kathy Dale, Fair Districts PA - Chester County Coordinator Kathy Dale reads a Declaration first presented on Independence Mall, Philadelphia on January 17, 2026.