BY MICHAEL S. JOHNSON  |  MAR 19, 2025

“Redistricting is like an election in reverse. It’s a great event. Usually the voters get to pick the politicians. In redistricting, the politicians get to pick the voters.”
–The late Tom Hoferller, considered the guru of GOP reapportionment maps

That is exactly what is about to happen in Virginia April 21 when voters go to the polls to adopt or reject this amendment to the state’s Constitution:

“Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to allow the General Assembly to temporarily adopt new congressional districts to restore fairness in the upcoming elections, while ensuring Virginia’s standard redistricting process resumes for all future redistricting after the 2030 census?”

According to the Virginia General Assembly’s official description, current law says “Virginia’s eleven congressional districts are drawn once every ten years by the Virginia Redistricting Commission, a legislative body made up of eight legislators and eight citizens, with an equal number of Republicans and Democrats. Virginia’s congressional districts were last redrawn in 2021 and will next be redrawn in 2031.” Continue reading →