💬 Opinion 2d ago · Eric Boehm

Virginia's Grotesque Gerrymander and the Bipartisan Death of Redistricting Reform

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Virginia's Grotesque Gerrymander and the Bipartisan Death of Redistricting Reform
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Back in 2019, Virginia's legislators made a broadly bipartisan decision to have the state's congressional map drawn, for the first time, by a commission that would include members of the public. The commission failed. With its members deadlocked, the state Supreme Court stepped in and appointed two individuals—somewhat amusingly dubbed "Special Masters"—to produce a new map before the 2022 election cycle. It was a mess, but even so, the result showed the potential benefits of trying to reduce (o

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