VA Redistricting congressional amendment

[Anonymous]

I'm all in favor of eliminating gerrymandering, but the proposed commission is complex and I can't tell if it will actually help. Is this a step forward or a step back?

https://www.elections.virginia.gov/proposed-constitutional-amendment-2020/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm all in favor of eliminating gerrymandering, but the proposed commission is complex and I can't tell if it will actually help. Is this a step forward or a step back?

https://www.elections.virginia.gov/proposed-constitutional-amendment-2020/

it depends on who you ask

[Anonymous]

I'm voting 'yes'

[Anonymous]

Nope, it is supported by all the Rs in VA so I'm voting against it.

[Anonymous]

LOL ... one yes, one no, and one it depends. No wonder I'm confused!

--OP

[Anonymous]

The democratic sample ballot suggested voting NO and I didn't have time to read about it so I went with NO.

[Anonymous]

Rep. Beyer is in favor of it: https://www.insidenova.com/news/election/beyer-redistricting-amendment-is-step-in-right-direction/article_d68f38d6-f8d7-11ea-8932-bba1c20a26f7.html

I think the biggest issue is that it's not the ideal solution that Democrats wanted, so most are urging a no vote. But there's no guarantee that a better solution will come in time for the next redistricting after the 2020 census, so Beyer thinks a yes vote is better than a no vote.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The democratic sample ballot suggested voting NO and I didn't have time to read about it so I went with NO.

“I just do what the Democrats tell me to do!”

-DC Area Voters

[Anonymous]

Vote yes!

Already a thread: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/916248.page

[Anonymous]

It doesn't take re-districting out of the hands of politicians. It just creates a bi-partisan, not non-partisan, commission that steps in when the House of Delegates and Governor cannot agree. Currently if that scenario happens then a non-partisan individual appointed by the Court comes up with the map. In other words, it doesn't do what we all want it to do and it is corruptible.

[Anonymous]

I voted no. There's nothing in the new design that would make it less vulnerable to corruption IMO.

[Anonymous]

I'm voting No. I don't like the solution. And, the Rs who have been unfairly drawing boundaries for years in VA shouldn't get a seat at the table yet. Let them stew for a year or two.

[Anonymous]

it's a no from me, dawg.

[Anonymous]

Voted no.

[Anonymous]

The Virginia GOP, which gerrymandered Virginia six ways to Sunday, wants oversight now that the Dems are in charge.

I voted no on that.