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Virginia Democrats moved one step closer to redrawing the state’s congressional map after a key House committee approved a proposed constitutional amendment allowing for redistricting, in response to nationwide GOP gerrymanders.
A Virginia court rejected an emergency bid to halt a proposed constitutional amendment meant to counter Republican gerrymanders nationwide ahead of the 2026 elections.
Virginia Democrats are openly expressing willingness to pursue a congressional redistricting plan that would create 10 out of 11 Democratic-leaning seats in the state’s U.S. House delegation.
We’ve been warning for months that President Donald Trump and the GOP are coming hard for mail voting — and this week saw a major development in the campaign.
From Virginia up to Maine, New Jersey out to California, and plenty of places in between, Tuesday was a great night for democracy — and an awful night for President Donald Trump.
Few could miss that election eight delivered a cascade of victories for our democracy. And while national attention understandably focused on statewide races and high-profile ballot measures, smaller contests carried an outsized impact.
Tuesday was a brutal night for President Donald Trump and his axis of antidemocratic actors — and a huge night for democracy.
In a rebuke to President Donald Trump, Democrat Abigail Spanberger won Virginia’s gubernatorial race Tuesday. Her support for constitutional amendments on redistricting and voting rights restoration could make it easier to pass both pro-democracy measures.
The NAACP’s Virginia chapter filed a lawsuit Friday alleging state election officials are unlawfully rejecting college students’ voter registration applications and same-day registration provisional ballots based on missing address information – such as dorm name or room number – that students aren’t required to include.
A Virginia judge Monday denied an effort to block a Democratic-led plan to redraw the state’s congressional map in response to President Donald Trump’s nationwide GOP gerrymanders.