Virginia inches closer to gutting GOP seats through redistricting

[AverageOldGuy]

2. Already Virginia Republicans . . .

. . . are pissing and moaning about this. Fuck them.

ALSO -- the Virginia General Assembly is poised to approve amendments to the State constitution:
-- make abortion a constitution right
-- automatically restore the right to vote to felons who have completed their sentence. VA is one of a few states that take away the right to vote to anyone convicted of a felony and the person must apply to have that right restored when their sentence is completed. There are -- the last I checked -- over 200,000 people who completed their sentences (some of them as much as 20 years ago) but who still have not applied to restore their rights).

The redistricting and these two amendments will be on the ballot for a special statewide referend sometime this spring, possibly at the same time as primary election in mid-June.

If the new districts are passed, my Congressman will be gerrymandered out of his seat-- which is a good thing because he has been in office since 2007 and is a 100% Trump supporter as well as refusing to hold town hall meetings.

Read the details here on LowKell's "BlueVirginia" blog:

https://bluevirginia.us/2026/01/video-virginia-senate-democrats-advance-constitutional-amendments-to-the-ballot-allowing-virginians-to-decide-the-future-of-their-freedoms/