Opinion ID: 1984918
Heading Depth: 1
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Heading: recommended form of order

Text: NOW,, 1992, pursuant to hearing held upon complaint, it is hereby ORDERED as follows: 1. Section 1801-A of the Election Code, Act of June 3, 1937, P.L. 1333, added March 3, 1982, P.L. 127, § 2, 25 P.S. § 3571, is hereby declared unconstitutional and its implementation for the purpose of conducting elections to the office of Representative in the United States Congress is hereby permanently enjoined. 2. Such elections, in the primary and general elections in the years 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000 shall be conducted in accordance with the Congressional Election Districts described in Appendix A, attached to and hereby made part of this Order, and hereby adopted as the apportionment of the Commonwealth into twenty-one (21) Congressional Districts until the same shall be lawfully changed. 3. The schedule for the primary elections to be held April 28, 1992, for the election of Representatives to the United States Congress and for Delegates and Alternate Delegates to National Conventions, shall be conducted by the Secretary of the Commonwealth and by all election officers within the Commonwealth in accordance with the Revised Election Calendar attached to this Order as Appendix B, and hereby made part hereof, to provide for an orderly election process. 4. In addition, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall, as soon as possible, publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and through news media, by description and, if feasible, by maps, the Congressional Districts hereby adopted in Appendix A. 5. The members of Congress now in office shall continue in the office until expiration of their respective terms. 6. Vacancies now existing or happening after the entry of this Order and before the commencement of the terms of the members elected at the election of 1992 shall be filled for the unexpired terms from the districts formerly prescribed in Section 1801-A of the Election Code, Act of June 3, 1937, P.L. 1333, added March 3, 1982, P.L. 127, § 2, 25 P.S. § 3571. 7. In the event any municipality or part thereof should be omitted in the description of congressional districts in Appendix A, the municipality or part thereof shall be included as a part of the congressional district which completely surrounds it. Should any omitted municipality or part thereof be not completely surrounded by one congressional district, it shall become a part of that congressional district to which it is contiguous, or if there are two or more such contiguous districts, it shall become a part of that congressional district contiguous thereto which has the least population. APPENDIX A TO OPINION OF PRESIDENT JUDGE CRAIG PLAINTIFFS PROPOSED CONGRESSIONAL PLAN 2 LEGISLATIVE DATA PROCESSING CENTER COMPOSITE LISTING OF CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS DISTRICT NUMBER DESCRIPTION Dist. 01 DELAWARE and PHILADELPHIA Counties. Part of DELAWARE County consisting of the CITY of Chester (Excluding Blocks 201, 207, 208 of 1990 Census Tract 4046) and the TOWNSHIPS of Darby, Ridley (Blocks 903 and 919 of 1990 Census Tract 4041.03) and Tinicum and the BOROUGHS of Colwyn, Eddystone, Folcroft and Glenolden and Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 01, 02 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, DISTRICT NUMBER DESCRIPTION 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 26], 05 [PART, Divisions 02, 03, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 20, 22 and 23], 07, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 26, 30, 32, 36 [PART, Divisions 29, 35 and 37], 37, 39, 40, 43, 47, 48 [PART, Divisions 01, 08, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 17] and 49). Total population: 565,802 Dist. 02 DELAWARE and PHILADELPHIA Counties. Part of DELAWARE County consisting of the BOROUGHS of Darby, Lansdowne and Yeadon and Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 03, 04, 06, 08, 09, 15, 21, 22, 24, 27, 28, 29, 34, 36 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 38, 39, 40 and 41], 38, 44, 46, 48 [PART, Divisions 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 09, 10, 11, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23], 50, 51, 52, 59 and 60). Total population: 565,815 Dist. 03 PHILADELPHIA County. Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 02 [PART, Divisions 24, 25 and 27], 05 [PART, Divisions 01, 04, 05, 16, 18, 19 and 21], 18, 23, 25, 31, 33, 35, 41, 42, 45, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65 and 66). Total population: 565,775 Dist. 04 ALLEGHENY, BEAVER, BUTLER, LAWRENCE and WESTMORELAND Counties. Part of ALLEGHENY County consisting of the TOWNSHIPS of East Deer, Fawn, Frazer, Harrison, Marshall, Pine, Richland and West Deer and the BOROUGHS of Brackenridge, Bradford Woods, Cheswick, Plum and Tarentum; All of BEAVER County; Part of BUTLER County consisting of the TOWNSHIPS of Adams, Buffalo, Clinton, Cranberry, Jackson and Middlesex and the BOROUGHS of Harmony, Mars, Saxonburg, Seven Fields, Valencia and Zelienople; All of LAWRENCE County DISTRICT NUMBER DESCRIPTION and Part of WESTMORELAND County consisting of the CITIES of Arnold, Jeannette, Lower Burrell and New Kensington and the TOWNSHIPS of Allegheny, North Huntingdon, Penn, Salem, Upper Burrell and Washington and the BOROUGHS of Delmont, East Vandergrift, Export, Hyde Park, Irwin, Manor, Murrysville, North Irwin, Penn, Trafford (Westmoreland County Portion) and Vandergrift. Total population: 565,792 Dist. 05 ARMSTRONG, CAMERON, CENTRE, CLARION, CLEARFIELD, CLINTON, CRAWFORD, ELK, FOREST, JEFFERSON, LYCOMING, MCKEAN, POTTER, TIOGA, UNION, VENANGO and WARREN Counties. Part of ARMSTRONG County consisting of the TOWNSHIP of Madison; All of CAMERON County; Part of CENTRE County consisting of the TOWNSHIPS of Benner, Boggs, College, Curtin, Ferguson, Gregg, Haines, Harris, Howard, Huston, Liberty, Marion, Miles, Patton, Penn, Potter, Spring and Walker and the BOROUGHS of Bellefonte, Centre Hall, Howard, Milesburg, Millheim and State College; Part of CLARION County consisting of the TOWNSHIPS of Ashland, Beaver, Brady, Clarion, Elk, Farmington, Highland, Knox, Licking, Limestone, Madison, Millcreek, Monroe, Paint, Perry, Piney, Porter, Red Bank, Richland, Salem, Toby and Washington and the BOROUGHS of Callensburg, Clarion, East Brady, Foxburg, Hawthorn, Knox, Rimersburg, Shippenville, Sligo, St. Petersburg and Strattanville; Part of CLEARFIELD County consisting of the township of Falls Creek; All of CLINTON County, Part of CRAWFORD County consisting of the CITY of Titusville and the TOWNSHIPS of Athens, Bloomfield, East Mead, Oil Creek, Randolph, Rome, Sparta, Steuben, Troy and Wayne and the BOROUGHS of Centerville, Cochranton, Hydetown, Spartansburg and Townville; All of ELK County; All of FOREST County; All of JEFFERSON County; Part DISTRICT NUMBER DESCRIPTION of LYCOMING County consisting of the TOWNSHIPS of Anthony, Bastress, Brown, Cogan House, Cummings, Limestone, McHenry, Mifflin, Nippenose, Piatt, Pine, Porter, Susquehanna, Washington and Watson and the BOROUGHS of Jersey Shore and Salladasburg; All of MCKEAN County; All of POTTER County; All of TIOGA County; All of UNION County; All of VENANGO County and All of WARREN County. Total population: 565,813 Dist. 06 BERKS, MONTGOMERY, NORTHUMBERLAND and SCHUYLKILL Counties. All of BERKS County; Part of MONTGOMERY County consisting of the TOWNSHIPS of Upper Pottsgrove and West Pottsgrove and the BOROUGH of Pottstown (PART, Districts 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 and 07); Part of NORTHUMBERLAND County consisting of the CITY of Sunbury and the TOWNSHIPS of Delaware, East Chillisquaque, Jackson, Jordan, Little Mahanoy, Lower Augusta, Lower Mahanoy, Point, Rockefeller, Turbot, Upper Augusta, Upper Mahanoy and West Chillisquaque and the BOROUGHS of Herndon, Mc Ewensville, Milton, Northumberland, Riverside, Snydertown and Watsontown and All of SCHUYLKILL County. Total population: 565,786 Dist. 07 CHESTER, DELAWARE and MONTGOMERY Counties. Part of CHESTER County consisting of the TOWNSHIPS of Charlestown, East Pikeland, East Whiteland, Easttown, Schuylkill, Tredyffrin, West Pikeland, West Vincent and Willistown and the BOROUGHS of Malvern, Phoenixville and Spring City; Part of DELAWARE County consisting of the CITY of Chester (Blocks 201, 207, 208 of 1990 Census Tract 4046) and the TOWNSHIPS of Aston, Bethel, Birmingham, Chester, Concord, Edgemont, Haverford, Lower Chichester, Marple, Middletown, Nether Providence, Newtown, Radnor, Ridley (Excluding DISTRICT NUMBER DESCRIPTION Blocks 903 and 919 of 1990 Census Tract 4041.03), Springfield, Thornbury, Upper Chichester, Upper Darby and Upper Providence and the BOROUGHS of Aldan, Brookhaven, Chester Heights, Clifton Heights, Collingdale, East Lansdowne, Marcus Hook, Media, Millbourne, Morton, Norwood, Parkside, Prospect Park, Ridley Park, Rose Valley, Rutledge, Sharon Hill, Swarthmore, Trainer and Upland and Part of MONTGOMERY County consisting of the TOWNSHIP of Upper Merion (Excluding Block 213 of 1990 Census Tract 2059.04) and the BOROUGHS of Bridgeport and Royersford. Total population: 565,754 Dist. 08 BUCKS and MONTGOMERY Counties. All of BUCKS County and Part of MONTGOMERY County consisting of the TOWNSHIPS of Horsham and Lower Moreland (PART, District 04). Total population: 565,787 Dist. 09 BEDFORD, BLAIR, CENTRE, CLEARFIELD, FRANKLIN, FULTON, HUNTINGDON, JUNIATA, MIFFLIN, PERRY and SNYDER Counties. All of BEDFORD County; All of BLAIR County; Part of CENTRE County consisting of the TOWNSHIPS of Burnside, Halfmoon, Rush, Snow Shoe, Taylor, Union and Worth and the BOROUGHS of Philipsburg, Port Matilda, Snow Shoe, South Philipsburg and Unionville; All of CLEARFIELD County except the TOWNSHIP of Falls Creek; All of FRANKLIN County All of FULTON County; All of HUNTINGDON County; All of JUNIATA County; All of MIFFLIN County; Part of PERRY County consisting of the TOWNSHIPS of Centre, Jackson, North East Madison, Saville, South West Madison, Spring, Toboyne, Tuscarora and Tyrone and the BOROUGHS of Blain, Bloomfield and Landisburg and All of SNYDER County. Total population: 565,803 DISTRICT NUMBER DESCRIPTION Dist. 10 BRADFORD, LACKAWANNA, LYCOMING, MONROE, PIKE, SULLIVAN, SUSQUEHANNA, WAYNE and WYOMING Counties. All of BRADFORD County; All of LACKAWANNA County; Part of LYCOMING County consisting of the CITY of Williamsport and the TOWNSHIPS of Armstrong, Brady, Cascade, Clinton, Eldred, Fairfield, Franklin, Gamble, Hepburn, Jackson, Jordan, Lewis, Loyalsock, Lycoming, Me Intyre, Mc Nett, Mill Creek, Moreland, Muncy, Muncy Creek, Old Lycoming, Penn, Plunketts Creek, Shrewsbury, Upper Fairfield, Wolf and Woodward and the BOROUGHS of Duboistown, Hughesville, Montgomery, Montoursville, Muncy, Picture Rocks and South Williamsport; Part of MONROE County consisting of the TOWNSHIPS of Barrett, Coolbaugh, Jackson, Middle Smithfield, Paradise, Pocono, Price and Smithfield and the BOROUGHS of Delaware Water Gap, East Stroudsburg (PART, Districts 02 and 03) and Mt. Pocono; All of PIKE County; All of SULLIVAN County; All of SUSQUEHANNA County; All of WAYNE County and All of WYOMING County. Total population: 565,796 Dist. 11 CARBON, COLUMBIA, LUZERNE, MONROE, MONTOUR and NORTHUMBERLAND Counties. All of CARBON County; All of COLUMBIA County; All of LUZERNE County; Part of MONROE County consisting of the TOWNSHIPS of Chestnuthill, Eldred, Hamilton, Polk, Ross, Stroud, Tobyhanna and Tunkhannock and the BOROUGHS of East Stroudsburg (PART, Districts 01, 04, 05 and 06) and Stroudsburg; All of MONTOUR County and Part of NORTHUMBERLAND County consisting of the CITY of Shamokin and the TOWNSHIPS of Coal, East Cameron, Lewis, Mt. Carmel, Ralpho, Rush, Shamokin, Washington, West Cameron and Zerbe and the BOROUGHS of Kulpmont, Marion Heights, Mt. Carmel and Turbotville. Total population: 565,798 DISTRICT NUMBER DESCRIPTION Dist. 12 ARMSTRONG, CAMBRIA, CLARION, FAYETTE, INDIANA, SOMERSET and WESTMORELAND Counties. Part of ARMSTRONG County consisting of the TOWNSHIPS of Bethel, Boggs, Bradys Bend, Burrell, Cadogan, Cowanshannock, East Franklin, Gilpin, Hovey, Kiskiminetas, Kittanning, Mahoning, Manor, North Buffalo, Parks, Perry, Pine, Plumcreek, Rayburn, Redbank, South Bend, South Buffalo, Sugarcreek, Valley, Washington, Wayne and West Franklin and the BOROUGHS of Apollo, Applewold, Atwood, Dayton, Elderton, Ford City, Ford Cliff, Freeport, Kittanning, Leechburg, Manorville, North Apollo, Parker City, Rural Valley, South Bethlehem, West Kittanning and Worthington; All of CAMBRIA County; Part of CLARION County consisting of the BOROUGH of New Bethlehem; Part of FAYETTE County consisting of the CITY of Connellsville and the TOWNSHIPS of Connellsville, Dunbar, Georges, Henry Clay, North Union, Springfield, Stewart and Wharton and the BOROUGHS of Dunbar, Fairchance, Markleysburg, Ohiopyle, Smithfield, South Connellsville and Vanderbilt; All of INDIANA County; All of SOMERSET County and Part of WESTMORELAND County consisting of the TOWNSHIPS of Bell, Cook, Derry, Donegal, East Huntingdon, Fairfield, Ligonier, Loyalhanna, Mt. Pleasant, St. Clair and Unity and the BOROUGHS of Avonmore, Bolivar, Derry, Donegal, Latrobe, Laurel Mountain, Ligonier, Mt. Pleasant, New Alexandria, New Florence, Oklahoma, Scottdale, Seward, West Leechburg and Youngstown. Total population: 565,794 Dist. 13 MONTGOMERY County. Part of MONTGOMERY County consisting of the TOWNSHIPS of Abington, Cheltenham, East Norriton, Franconia, Hatfield, Limerick, Lower Frederick, Lower Gwynedd, Lower Merion, Lower Moreland (PART, Districts 01, 02, 03, 05 and 06), Lower Pottsgrove, Lower Providence, Lower Salford, DISTRICT NUMBER DESCRIPTION Marlborough, Montgomery, Perkiomen, Plymouth, Salford, Skippack, Springfield, Towamencin, Upper Dublin, Upper Gwynedd, Upper Merion (Block 213 of 1990 Census Tract 2059.04), Upper Moreland, Upper Providence, Upper Salford, West Norriton, Whitemarsh, Whitpain and Worcester and the BOROUGHS of Ambler, Bryn Athyn, Collegeville, Conshohocken, Hatboro, Hatfield, Jenkintown, Lansdale, Narberth, Norristown, North Wales, Pottstown (PART, District 06), Rockledge, Schwenksville, Souderton, Telford (Montgomery County Portion), Trappe and West Conshohocken. Total population: 565,767 Dist. 14 ALLEGHENY County. Part of ALLEGHENY County consisting of the CITY of Pittsburgh and the TOWNSHIPS of Aleppo, Collier, Hampton, Kennedy, Kilbuck, Leet, Mc Candless, Neville, Ohio, Robinson, Ross and Stowe and the BOROUGHS of Avalon, Bell Acres, Bellevue, Ben Avon, Ben Avon Heights, Crafton, Edgewood, Emsworth, Franklin Park, Green Tree, Homestead, Ingram, Leetsdale, Mc Kees Rocks, Mt. Oliver, Pennsbury Village, Rosslyn Farms, Sewickley Heights, Sewickley Hills, Thornburg and West View. Total population: 565,787 Dist. 15 LEHIGH, MONTGOMERY and NORTHAMPTON Counties. All of LEHIGH County; Part of MONTGOMERY County consisting of the TOWNSHIPS of Douglass, New Hanover, Upper Frederick and Upper Hanover and the BOROUGHS of East Greenville, Green Lane, Pennsburg and Red Hill and All of NORTHAMPTON County. Total population: 565,810 Dist. 16 CHESTER and LANCASTER Counties. Part of CHESTER County consisting of the CITY of Coatesville and the TOWNSHIPS of Birmingham, Caln, East Bradford, East Brandywine, East Caln, East Coventry, East Fallowfield, East Goshen, East Marlborough, DISTRICT NUMBER DESCRIPTION East Nantmeal, East Nottingham, East Vincent, Elk, Franklin, Highland, Honeybrook, Kennett, London Britain, London Grove, Londonderry, Lower Oxford, New Garden, New London, Newlin, North Coventry, Penn, Pennsbury, Pocopson, Sadsbury, South Coventry, Thornbury, Upper Oxford, Upper Uwchlan, Uwchlan, Valley, Wallace, Warwick, West Bradford, West Brandywine, West Caln, West Fallowfield, West Goshen, West Marlborough, West Nantmeal, West Nottingham, West Sadsbury, West Whiteland and Westtown and the BOROUGHS of Atglen, Avondale, Downingtown, Elverson, Honey Brook, Kennett Square, Modena, Oxford, Parkesburg, South Coatesville, West Chester and West Grove and Part of LANCASTER County consisting of the CITY of Lancaster and the TOWNSHIPS of Bart, Brecknock, Caernarvon, Colerain, Drumore, Earl, East Cocalico, East Drumore, East Earl, East Hempfield (PART, Districts Barrcrest (1990), Centerville (1990), Cherry Hill (1990), Chestnut Ridge (1990), Friendly (1990), Golden Acres (1990), Kings (1990), Landisville (1990), Petersburg (1990), Pleasant View (1990) and Rohrerstown (1990)), East Lampeter, Eden, Fulton, Lancaster, Leacock, Little Britain, Manheim, Martic, Paradise, Pequea, Providence, Sadsbury, Salisbury, Strasburg, Upper Leacock, Warwick, West Cocalico, West Earl and West Lampeter and the BOROUGHS of Adamstown (Lancaster County Portion), Christiana, Denver, East Petersburg, Lititz, Millersville, New Holland, Quarryville, Strasburg and Terre Hill. Total population: 565,804 Dist. 17 CUMBERLAND, DAUPHIN, LANCASTER, LEBANON and PERRY Counties. Part of CUMBERLAND County consisting of the TOWNSHIPS of East Pennsboro, Hampden (PART, Precincts 02a, 02b, 03, 04 and 05) and Silver Spring and the BOROUGHS of Mechanicsburg and Shiremanstown; All of DAUPHIN County; Part of LANCASTER County consisting of the TOWNSHIPS of Clay, Conestoga, Conoy, DISTRICT NUMBER DESCRIPTION East Donegal, East Hempfield (PART, Districts Hempland (1990), Indian Springs (1990), Millcreek (1990) and Scotland (1990)), Elizabeth, Ephrata, Manor, Mt. Joy, Penn, Rapho, West Donegal and West Hempfield and the BOROUGHS of Akron, Columbia, Elizabethtown, Ephrata, Manheim, Marietta, Mountville and Mt. Joy; All of LEBANON County and Part of PERRY County consisting of the TOWNSHIPS of Buffalo, Carroll, Greenwood, Howe, Juniata, Liverpool, Miller, Oliver, Penn, Rye, Watts and Wheatfield and the BOROUGHS of Duncannon, Liverpool, Marysville, Millerstown, New Buffalo and Newport. Total population: 565,817 Dist. 18 ALLEGHENY County. Part of ALLEGHENY County consisting of the CITIES of Clairton, Duquesne and Mc Keesport and the TOWNSHIPS of Baldwin, Elizabeth, Forward, Harmar, Indiana, Mt. Lebanon, North Versailles, O Hara, Penn Hills, Reserve, Scott, Shaler, South Park, South Versailles, Springdale and Wilkins and the BOROUGHS of Aspinwall, Baldwin, Blawnox, Braddock, Braddock Hills, Brentwood, Carnegie, Castle Shannon, Chalfant, Churchill, Dormont, Dravosburg, East McKeesport, East Pittsburgh, Elizabeth, Etna, Forest Hills, Fox Chapel, Glassport, Heidelberg, Jefferson, Liberty, Lincoln, Millvale, Monroeville, Munhall, North Braddock, Oakmont, Pitcairn, Pleasant Hills, Port Vue, Rankin, Sharpsburg, Springdale, Swissvale, Trafford (Allegheny County Portion), Turtle Creek, Verona, Versailles, Wall, West Elizabeth, West Homestead, West Mifflin, Whitaker, White Oak, Whitehall, Wilkinsburg and Wilmerding. Total population: 565,781 Dist. 19 ADAMS, CUMBERLAND and YORK Counties. All of ADAMS County; Part of CUMBERLAND County consisting of the TOWNSHIPS of Cooke, Dickinson, Hampden (PART, Precincts 01 North and 01 South), DISTRICT NUMBER DESCRIPTION Hopewell, Lower Allen, Lower Frankford, Lower Mifflin, Middlesex, Monroe, North Middleton, North Newton, Penn, Shippensburg, South Middleton, South Newton, Southampton, Upper Allen, Upper Frankford, Upper Mifflin and West Pennsboro and the BOROUGHS of Camp Hill, Carlisle, Lemoyne, Mt. Holly Springs, New Cumberland, Newburg, Newville, Shippensburg (Cumberland County Portion), West Fairview and Wormleysburg and All of YORK County. Total population: 565,779 Dist. 20 ALLEGHENY, FAYETTE, GREENE, WASHINGTON and WESTMORELAND Counties. Part of ALLEGHENY County consisting of the TOWNSHIPS of Crescent, Findlay, Moon, North Fayette, South Fayette and Upper St. Clair and the BOROUGHS of Bethel Park, Bridgeville, Coraopolis, Edgeworth, Glenfield, Haysville, McDonald (Allegheny County Portion), Oakdale, Osborne and Sewickley; Part of FAYETTE County consisting of the CITY of Uniontown and the TOWNSHIPS of Brownsville, Bullskin, Franklin, German, Jefferson, Lower Tyrone, Luzerne, Menallen, Nicholson, Perry, Redstone, Saltlick, South Union, Springhill, Upper Tyrone and Washington and the BOROUGHS of Belle Vernon, Brownsville, Dawson, Everson, Fayette City, Masontown, Newell, Perryopolis and Point Marion; All of GREENE County; All of WASHINGTON County and Part of WESTMORELAND County consisting of the CITIES of Greensburg and Monessen and the TOWNSHIPS of Hempfield, Rostraver, Sewickley and South Huntingdon and the BOROUGHS of Adamsburg, Arona, Hunker, Madison, New Stanton, North Belle Vernon, Smithton, South Greensburg, Southwest Greensburg, Sutersville, West Newton and Youngwood. Total population: 565,815 Dist. 21 BUTLER, CRAWFORD, ERIE and MERCER Counties. DISTRICT NUMBER DESCRIPTION Part of BUTLER County consisting of the CITY of Butler and the TOWNSHIPS of Allegheny, Brady, Butler, Center, Cherry, Clay, Clearfield, Concord, Connoquenessing, Donegal, Fairview, Forward, Franklin, Jefferson, Lancaster, Marion, Mercer, Muddycreek, Oakland, Parker, Penn, Slippery Rock, Summit, Venango, Washington, Winfield and Worth and the BOROUGHS of Bruin, Callery, Cherry Valley, Chicora, Connoquenessing, East Butler, Eau Claire, Evans City, Fairview, Harrisville, Karns City, Petrolia, Portersville, Prospect, Slippery Rock, West Liberty and West Sunbury; Part of CRAWFORD County consisting of the CITY of Meadville and the TOWNSHIPS of Beaver, Cambridge, Conneaut, Cussewago, East Fairfield, East Fallowfield, Fairfield, Greenwood, Hayfield, North Shenango, Pine, Richmond, Rockdale, Sadsbury, South Shenango, Spring, Summerhill, Summit, Union, Venango, Vernon, West Fallowfield, West Mead, West Shenango and Woodcock and the BOROUGHS of Blooming Valley, Cambridge Springs, Conneaut Lake, Conneautville, Linesville, Saegertown, Springboro, Venango and Woodcock; All of ERIE County and All of MERCER County. Total population: 565,802 Population of all districts: 11,881,643 APPENDIX B TO OPINION OF PRESIDENT JUDGE CRAIG PROPOSED REVISED ELECTION CALENDAR FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE DELEGATE TO NATIONAL CONVENTIONS Date of Supreme Court's Final First legal day to circulate and Order in Mellow v. Mitchell, file nomination petitions No. 7 M.D.Misc.Dkt.1992 Within 24 hours after date of Secretary of the Commonwealth Supreme Court's final order will send to the county boards of elections a written notice announcing that candidates are to be nominated at the April 28, 1992 primary for PROPOSED REVISED ELECTION CALENDAR FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE DELEGATE TO NATIONAL CONVENTIONS the office of Representative in Congress Within 24 hours after date that Secretary of the Commonwealth political parties have filed their will send to the county apportionment of delegates and boards of elections a written alternate delegates among the notice announcing that candidates congressional districts are to be elected at the April 28, 1992 primary for the party offices of Delegate and Alternate Delegate to the National conventions of the political parties and designating the number of such offices to be elected in each congressional district No later than 7 days after Supreme The county boards of elections Court's Final Order in will publish a notice in newspapers Mellow that nominations of candidates for Representative in Congress will be made and that elections of persons to the party offices of Delegate and Alternate Delegate to National conventions of the political parties will occur at the April 28, 1992 General Primary, such notice to specify that the Court has established a deadline of March 13, 1992 by which nomination petitions for such offices must be filed March 13 Last day to circulate and file nomination petitions March 14 First legal day to circulate nomination papers nominating independent candidates of political bodies or candidates of minor political parties March 16 First legal day to file nomination papers nominating independent PROPOSED REVISED ELECTION CALENDAR FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE DELEGATE TO NATIONAL CONVENTIONS candidates of political bodies or candidates of minor political parties March 16 Secretary of the Commonwealth will transmit to each county board of elections a list of all candidates for Representative in Congress and Delegate or Alternate Delegate to National conventions who have filed nomination petitions with her and who are not known to have withdrawn or been disqualified March 16 The county boards of elections will deliver or mail to qualified electors who previously have been sent special write-in absentee ballots an additional list containing the names of all candidates for Representative in Congress or Delegate or Alternate Delegate to National conventions who have been named in nomination petitions filed with the Secretary March 19 Last day to file objections to nomination petitions March 23 Last day for candidates who have filed nomination petitions to withdraw March 27 Last day, if possible, that may be fixed by the Commonwealth Court for hearings on objections that have been filed to nomination petitions March 30 Last day, if possible, for Commonwealth Court to render decisions PROPOSED REVISED ELECTION CALENDAR FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE DELEGATE TO NATIONAL CONVENTIONS in cases involving objections to nomination petitions APPENDIX C TO OPINION OF PRESIDENT JUDGE CRAIG REVISED PRIMARY ELECTION CALENDAR FOR SENATOR AND REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY March 6 Last day to circulate and file nomination petitions March 6 Last day for candidates to file Statements of Financial Interests with the State Ethics Commission March 13 Last Day to file objections to nomination petitions March 23 Last day for candidates who have filed nomination petitions for the primary election to withdraw March 27 Last day, if possible, that may be fixed by Commonwealth Court for hearings on objections that have been filed to nomination petitions March 30 Last day, if possible, for Commonwealth Court to render decisions in cases involving objections to nomination petitions