VOTE NO ON THE REDISTRICTING AMENDMENT
Virginia Overwhelmingly Voted For A Non-Partisan Commission
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The 2020 Virginia Question 1, also known as the Virginia Redistricting Commission Amendment was a proposed amendment to the Virginia Constitution to establish a political commission in order to draw the districts of the U.S House of Representatives seats in Virginia, as well as the districts of the Virginia House of Delegates and State Senate. The amendment was on the November 3 ballot. According to a Christopher Newport University poll over 70% of Virginians supported redistricting reform. The amendment shifted the power of redistricting from the Virginia General Assembly to a commission composed of four members from the Virginia Senate, with two from each party; four members from the Virginia House of Delegates, with two from each party; and eight other citizens of Virginia.
The amendment passed with 65.69% of the vote, winning a majority of support in every county and independent city with the exception of Arlington County, Virginia
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Governor Glenn Youngkin Issues Statement on Passage of HJ6007 Resolution to Attempt to Undo Independent Redistricting
RICHMOND, VA – Governor Glenn Youngkin issued the below statement in response to the party-line passage of H.J. 6007, General Assembly Democrats’ eleventh-hour push to undermine the spirit and letter of Virginia’s independent redistricting constitutional amendment, which was overwhelmingly passed by Virginia voters in 2020 so that they can engage in mid-cycle gerrymandering:
“Everything about this process was shameful, fundamentally wrong, and illegal. In a party-line vote, in an eleventh-hour special session at the tail end of the election, with debate silenced, members threatened with removal, and resolutions against political violence shot down, House and Senate Democrats sold out all Virginians for $300,000 from the same national Democrats who are shamefully keeping our federal government shut down. Virginians are not ‘leverage.’ They deserve fair districts, and they will not forget this injustice.”