NEWS REPORTS FROM HARRISBURG SAY THAT THE COURT CHOSE A MAP BY A SLIM 4-3 MARGIN YESTERDAY. THAT MAP WAS SUBMITTED BY WHAT IS BEING CALLED A DEMOCRAT PARTY ALIGNED GROUP OF VOTERS WHO SUED LAST YEAR TO GET THE HIGH COURT INVOLVED IN THE SELECTION PROCESS. THE NEW MAP FEATURES 8 DISTRICTS NOW LED BY REPUBLICAN VOTERS, 6 BY DEMOCRATS AND 3 OTHERS THAT ARE DESCRIBED AS BEING CLOSELY DIVIDED. LOCALLY, 13th DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN DR. JOHN JOYCE’S NEW DISTRICT WOULD COVER 10 COUNTIES AND PART OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY. THE RESPONSE AFTER THE VOTE WAS TYPICAL..DEMOCRATS APPLAUDED THE CHOICE, WHILE REPUBLICANS CALLED IT A PARTISAN SELECTION IN FAVOR OF THE DEOMCRATS.
