The League thanks the Good Government Award corporate, academic and other sponsors and attendees at the award dinner for their support.

Redistricting Reform — a 2008 priority issue. After the 2010 census, voting districts will be redrawn. Current districts are "gerrymandered" — drawn in strange shapes, often to preserve a majority for the incumbent. You can find maps of the current districts here.

HB 2420, supported by the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, would change the process to be transparent and open and to remove the politics. The change requires an amendment to the Pennsylvania constitution which must pass two sessions of the legislature and be put on the ballot for a vote. To be ready in time, a bill must be passed by the June 23 legislative recess this year to allow for the required legal advertising. For more detail on how the new process would work, click here.

Legislators will be voting on this proposal very soon. You can tell them how you feel about this proposal. See "Facts for Citizens"for their contact information.

Voting Machines in Allegheny County

In 2006, The League of Women Voters of Greater Pittsburgh submitted to the Allegheny County Board of Elections the results of a survey of League members and poll workers concerning problems that voters encountered during the November 2006 election. The League has continued in 2007 with a series of three small discussion groups in which invited participants exchanged thoughts on the election process. Read a summary of the comments in these groups. Allegheny County Council has appointed a Citizens' Election Systems Advisory Panel. This Panel has submitted to Council an initial report. An additional report will be submitted in December. The primary recommendation of the initial report is that Allegheny County shall have voting machines that have a voter-verified paper record, meet federal 2005 accessibility guidelines, and are subject to election-day and post-election audits by the November 2008 election.

Facts for Citizens 2008, a guide to your elected officials. Find out who represents you and how to communicate with them. Another resource for communicating with elected officials are the district maps and contact information published by Duquesne Light in the Use Your Voice booklets (PDF format). Select Allegheny County or Pittsburgh City Council for local officials. There is also a guide for Beaver County.

Downsize the PA Legislature. The League believes that the Pennsylvania Legislature is too large. Read the reasons. Buy a bumper sticker.

Visit Democracy Rising PA for to see how standards of integrity in the legislative process and public policy are being violated in Pennsylvania. The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania is a member of the Democracy Rising Coalition.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Allegheny County government. The League of Women Voters of Greater Pittsburgh's Allegheny County Government Organization, Facilities and Services. How county government works. Who does what. Download chapters in .pdf format.

Who we are and what we do. How you can become a member. The League of Women Voters of Greater Pittsburgh (LWVGP), serving the Greater Pittsburgh area in southwestern Pennsylvania, is a part of the League of Women of the United States (LWVUS) and the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania (LWVPA). A unique activist network of 150,000 members and supporters nationwide, the LWV is organized in more than a thousand communities in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.