Under the Supreme Court ruling, the General Assembly will have until Feb. 9 to pass a congressional map that satisfies the state constitution, and Gov. Wolf would have until Feb. 15 to accept the plan.
If lawmakers do not deliver a redrawn map by Feb. 9, or if Wolf does not sign it, the Supreme Court said it would “proceed expeditiously” to adopt its own map. In anticipation of that possibility, all parties are being given the option to submit proposals by Feb. 15.
A new map should be in place by Feb. 19, the court ordered, keeping the primary election on May 15.