Opposition to Judicial Redistricting
Many organizations and individuals have expressed their opposition to judicial redistricting (HB 38). They come from a wide range of backgrounds and issue areas, substantiating the negative effects the proposed amendment would have on all Pennsylvanians.
Some of the organizations and individuals who have come out in opposition to the bill are listed below, with some opposition letters, op-eds, and testimonies also linked. This list will be updated regularly.
Please click on the names in blue to view their letters, op-eds, and testimonies.
Opposition to Judicial Redistricting (HB 38)
Representatives from many of the below organizations signed a joint letter to the Pennsylvania General Assembly on January 15, 2021 expressing their opposition to judicial redistricting.
Many of the legal nonprofit organizations below signed a joint letter to the House Judiciary Committee on January 13, 2021.
Abolitionist Law Center
Action Together NEPA
Affeldt, Cordell (Dauphin County)
AIDS Law Project
All On The Line
Allegheny County Bar Association
Allegheny-Fayette Labor Council
Alliance for Police Accountability (APA)
America Votes PA
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Pennsylvania
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 13
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) DC47
American Federation of Teachers Pennsylvania
Amistad Law Project
Asian Americans United
Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Pennsylvania (APABA-PA)
Asian Pacific Islander Political Alliance
Berks Stands Up
Better Pennsylvania, Inc.
Black Voters Matter Fund
Bucks County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Bucks Voices
CASA
CeaseFirePA
Center for Coalfield Justice
Central PA Building & Construction Trades Council
The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia
Chang, Bonnie (Bucks County)
Chester County Bar Association
Ciamacca, Deb (Delaware County)
Clean Water Action
Commonwealth Communications
Community Hero Action Group
Community Hero Impact Alliance
Community Legal Services
Conservation Voters of PA
Dauphin County Bar Association
Defender Association of Philadelphia
Delaware County Bar Association
Disability Rights Pennsylvania
Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters
Education Law Center
Episcopal Legal Aid
First United Methodist Church of Germantown
Free the Ballot
For Our Future Action Fund
Hershey Indivisible Team
HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) Pennsylvania
Homeless Advocacy Project
The HUB for Progress
Human Rights Campaign
The IMPACT Project, Inc.
Indivisible: Narberth and Beyond
Indivisible Northwest Philly
Indivisible Philadelphia
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) 3rd District
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 29
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 56
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 81
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) 143
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 163
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 201
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 229
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 375
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 459
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 607
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 743
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 777
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 812
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1096
International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) 66
International Union of Painters & Allied Trades District Council #21
Juntos
Just Harvest
Justice at Work Legal Aid
Juvenile Law Center
Laborers' District Council
Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) Mid-Atlantic Region
League of Women Voters
Legal Clinic for the Disabled
Lycoming County Progressives
Make the Road Pennsylvania
MarchOnHarrisburg
McMillan, Lex (Adams County)
Montgomery County Bar Association
Movement Alliance Project
Murawski, Sue (Erie County)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Pennsylvania State Conference
National Union of Hospital & Health Care Employees, District 1199C
Nationalities Service Center
New Hope Services
Northampton County Bar Association
O'Connell, Kathleen (Centre County)
One Fair Wage
1Hood Power
One Pennsylvania
PA Alliance
PA American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
PA Budget and Policy Center
PA Professional Firefighters
PA Spotlight
PA Stands Up
PennFuture
Pennsylvania Association for Justice
Pennsylvania Association for Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals
Pennsylvania Health Access Network
Pennsylvania Health Law Project
Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project
Pennsylvania Joint Board of Workers United Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA)
Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts
Philadelphia Council American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers
Philadelphia Metal Trades Council
Philly Neighborhood Networks
Pittsburgh Firemen Local 1
Pittsburgh United/PA United
Plumbers Union Local 690
POWER Interfaith
Progressive Montco
Public Interest Law Center
Reading Branch National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Reclaim Philadelphia
Regional Housing Legal Service
Restaurant Opportunities Center of Pennsylvania (ROC)
School District of Philadelphia
Sedgwick Group
Senior Law Center
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Pennsylvania
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 668
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) PA State Council
Social Justice Indivisible
Southeast Asia Mutual Assistance Association Coalition (SEAMAAC)
Southwestern PA Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW)
Steamfitters Local 449
Support Center for Child Advocates
32BJ Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Tone and Tenor Radio Show
Turn PA Blue
215 People's Alliance
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Poconos (UUFP)
UNITE HERE Local 274
United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 1776
United Home Care Workers of Pennsylvania
United Steelworkers
Urban League of Philadelphia
VietLead
We the People - PA
Weidner, Kathy (Bucks County)
Why Courts Matter
Wilcox, Michel (Crawford County)
Yeiser, Ruth (Montgomery County)
York National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project