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*1 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA RYAN COVERT, DARLENE J. COVERT,
AND ERIK HULICK,
KERRY BENNINGHOFF, INDIVIDUALLY,
AND AS MAJORITY LEADER OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
LISA M. BOSCOLA, SENATOR 18TH
DISTRICT,
ERIC ROE, No. 16 MM 2022 dated February 4, 2022 2021 LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT
COMMISSION,
RON Y. DONAGI, PHILIP T. GRESSMAN,
PAMELA GORKIN, DAVID P. MARSH,
JAMES L. ROSENBERGER, EUGENE
BOMAN, GARY GORDON, LIZ MCMAHON,
TIMOTHY FEEMAN, AND GARTH ISAAK,
Petitioners
GABRIEL INGRAM, RUTH MOTON, MARK
KIRCHGASSER AND SUSAN POWELL,
TODD ELLIOTT KOGER, No. 7 WM 2022
Petitioner
REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION,
JACKIE HUTZ, No. 11 WM 2022 2021 PA LEGISLATIVE
EDWARD J. KRESS,
COMMISSION OF THE COMMONWEALTH
OF PENNSYLVANIA,
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 16th day of March, 2022, upon consideration of the above- captioned legislative reapportionment appeals filed pursuant to P A . C ONST . art. II, § 17(d) (indicating that “[a]ny aggrieved person may file an appeal from the final plan [of the 2021 Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission] directly to the Supreme Court”) , this Court finds that the Final Reapportionment Plan of the Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission filed on February 4, 2022, is in compliance with the mandates of the Pennsylvania Constitution and the United States Constitution and is not contrary to law, and, therefore, shall have the force of law. See P A . C ONST . art. II, § 17(d) & (e) (specifying that “[i]f the appellant establishes that the final plan is contrary to law, the Supreme Court shall issue an order remanding the plan to the commission” and that “ [w]hen the Supreme Court has finally decid ed an appeal…the reapportionment plan shall have the force of law…”). Further, it is hereby ordered that said Plan shall be used in all forthcoming elections to the General Assembly until the next constitutionally-mandated reapportionment shall be approved.
All outstanding motions filed in the above-captioned matters are hereby DISMISSED .
This Court’s February 23, 2022 Order, at Judicial Administration Docket No. 569, which temporarily suspended the General Primary Election calendar relative to elections for seats in the General Assembly, is VACATED. Our adjustment to that calendar is resolved by separate order at that docket number and entered today.
Jurisdiction relinquished.