PRELIMINARY REAPPORTIONMENT PLAN

In accordance with Article II, Section 17(i) of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, the following is a copy of the Preliminary Reapportionment Plan of the Senate of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania House of Representatives filed by the 2021 Legislative Reapportionment Commission with the Office of the

Secretary of the Commonwealth. The 40th Senatorial District in Carbon, Monroe, and Pike Counties has the largest population, 272,319, which is 4.72% above the average population for a Senatorial district. The 29th Senatorial District in Luzerne and Schuylkill Counties has the lowest population, 247,391, which is 4.87% below the average population for a Senatorial district. The 111th Legislative District of the House of Representatives in Susquehanna and Wayne Counties has the largest population, 67,046, which is 4.67% above the average population for a Representative district. The 129th Legislative District of the House of Representatives in Berks County has the lowest population, 61,096, which is

4.62% below the average population for a Representative district. Article II, Section 17(c) of the Constitution of Pennsylvania provides that the Commission shall have thirty days after filing the Preliminary Plan to

make corrections in the plan. The Constitution also provides that any person

aggrieved by the Preliminary Plan shall have the same thirty-day period to file exceptions with the Commission. Following the Commission’s action

on exceptions, Article II, Section 17(d) of the Constitution provides that any person aggrieved shall have thirty days within which to appeal for review by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. In accordance with the procedures established by the Constitution, the Commission will accept exceptions to the Preliminary Plan until January

18, 2022. Exceptions must be submitted either online via the Commission’s website at https://www.redistricting.state.pa.us/commission/article/1086, or sent in writing to the attention of the 2021 Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission at P.O. Box 203079, Harrisburg, PA 17120.

Exceptions must be either uploaded on the website or physically received by the Commission by that deadline. Exceptions uploaded or received after January 18, 2022, even if postmarked before that date, cannot be considered by

the Commission.