“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…”
Virginians are headed to the polls to cast their ballots regarding the state Democrats’ push to redistrict. Currently, the state is split with six US House seats going to Democrats and five going to Republicans. Under the measure, however, 10 districts would become likely blue ones, leaving just one for Republicans.
The ballot measure states, "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?"
In its current makeup of six Democrats and five Republicans, Daily Wire investigative reporter Luke Rosiak noted that the state "has mathematically perfect fair congressional maps - 55% of the seats and 52% of the popular vote. Close to parity as you can get with 11 seats."
Rosiak posted a photo of a proposed district that has been dubbed the "lobster district," writing, "Democrats are asking voters today whether--actual ballot language--they want to 'restore fairness' by making this."
The so-called lobster district is Virginia’s proposed 7th Congressional District. It would include portions of Arlington and Fairfax Counties in the north, which are deep blue areas, and then branch off into two arms, both of which are mainly deep red areas. Those arms stretch to the western border of the state, and down towards the southern border.
Other districts include the proposed 8th Congressional District, which would include nearly all of Virginia’s eastern border from portions of Arlington County down to a portion of York County.
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