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Better process, better maps
Draw the Lines was a citizen-led project from the Committee of Seventy from 2018-2022 to help Pennsylvania combat gerrymandering.
Draw the Lines is a nonpartisan resource from the Committee of Seventy for Pennsylvanians who want to end gerrymandering. We provide teaching resources, digital tools, and data so you can draw your own election maps. Why? To prove that the people of PA are done with gerrymandering and are ready, willing and able to do the core task of democracy themselves.
DTL, by the numbers:
Events and class visits: 340 in 40 counties of PA
Schools and colleges involved: 155 People reached: 12,300+
Mappers registered: 7,200+ Maps worked on: 10,000+
Competition entries: 1,500+ Prize money awarded: $135k
Our curriculum and mapping tool are making a difference with students of all ages.
Rachel Karp and Joseph Amodei
In 2010, she was a 29-year-old piano teacher living near Allentown. Then she noticed something … off in how her home state ran elections. She got curious. Then she got mad. And Pennsylvania politics was in for an earthquake.
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