The Virginia Supreme Court Tuesday approved the revised state redistricting maps proposed by the two special masters it appointed to create them after a committee of citizens and lawmakers failed in its attempt to do so. The approval means that Henrico County will lose one of its six seats in
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Henrico County would be represented in the Virginia House of Delegates by only five delegates instead of six but would gain a third Virginia Senate member if the Virginia Supreme Court ultimately adopts the new district maps proposed by its two special masters Dec. 8. The new proposals would move
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More than half a dozen legislators have been named to a bipartisan redistricting commission which seeks to fairly draw congressional and state legislative districts. The commission will be made up of 16 people. Half of them will be legislators and the other half will be Virginia citizens. Virginia legislative leaders
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A constitutional amendment establishing a bipartisan 16-member redistricting commission passed on a ballot referendum with an overwhelming 65% of the vote on election day. That was the final step of approval for the legislation, and it is now in Virginia’s Constitution. Every 10 years, right after the census takes
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