EAST WHITELAND TOWNSHIP CHESTER COUNTY. RESOLUTION No. 23?2017 A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF A COMMISSION FOR LEGISLATIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING. WHEREAS, the citizens of East Whiteland Township and the Commonwealth of deserve a fair, fully transparent, impartial and depoliticized process ofthe decennial drawing of state legislature and congressional districts of near equal population; and WHEREAS, legislative and congressional redistricting has often resulted in the gerrymandering ofdistricts to favor one political party or the other; and WHEREAS, such gerrymandering of legislative and congressional districts has worked at times to the detriment of our representative democracy by impeding action on critical issues of importance to the people; and WHEREAS, the creation ofa truly independent citizens redistricting commission devoid of political motivation or partisanship will help to ensure a fair and accurate legislative and congressional redistricting process that respects political subdivisions, will prohibit districts from being drawn to favor or discriminate against a political party or candidate, will promote transparency, the use of impartial and sound methodology when setting district boundaries, and allow for public input, and will fully comply with the constitutional requirement that "no county. city. incorporated town, borough, township or ward" be divided ?unless absolutely necessary.? and WHEREAS. recent legislation has been introduced in the current legislative session to amend the Constitution to reform the decennial legislative and congressional redistricting process with the intent of using fairness and sound methodology in a non-partisan fashion. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the East Whiteland Township Board of Supervisors does hereby support legislative efforts to secure expeditious action to make a constitutional amendment that would. among other reforms, assign the decennial task of both legislative and congressional redistricting to an independent citizens redistricting commission; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we call upon all those elected officials in the Commonwealth of who represent the citizens of East Whiteland Township (see list) to publicly announce their support ofand commitment to work towards passage of such legislative efforts, and that a copy ofthis resolution be delivered to each of them. 0 Governor Tom Wolf I Lieutenant Governor Mike Stack - Attorney General Josh Shapiro 0 United States Senator Bob Casey - United States Senator Pat Toomey United States Representative Ryan Costello Senator Andy Dinniman Representative Duane Milne Chester County Commissioner Kathi Cozzone Chester County Commissioner Terence Farrell Chester County Commissioner Michelle Kichline RESOLVED AND APPROVED this 14?? day oi?June, 2017. \x ll Ia W?tary BOARD OF SUPERVISORS EAST WHITELAND TOWNSHIP I .. If 11/) (x Ly) Willia Holmes, (fairinan Q?m/mm/c/ Susan Drum nd, Vice Chairman Richard Orlowl