Virginia Democrats cleared the final legislative hurdle on Jan. 16 for a proposed constitutional amendment that would let lawmakers redraw Virginia’s congressional map mid-decade, sending the question to voters in a spring special election once scheduled. The state Senate approved the measure, 21–18.
The vote came a day after Virginians for Fair Elections, a group backing the amendment, launched a public campaign urging voters to back the proposed constitutional amendment that would allow the General Assembly, under limited conditions, to redraw Virginia’s congressional map outside the normal census cycle.
