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2010 Session

Recent Media Coverage - Senator Jill Vogel patrons SB626 to create a Bipartisan Redistricting Commission

Virginia Pilot:

http://hamptonroads.com/2010/01/redistricting-reform

Washington Post:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/virginiapolitics/2010/01/plum_calls_on_mcdonnell_to_get.html

2009 Session

New Media - Wyatt Durrette: An Amazingly Puzzling Question
It is an amazingly puzzling question why House of Delegates Republicans continue to miss the changes taking place in the body politic when almost everyone else can see them!

Here’s the picture. Two “good government” bills promoted by the Governor and the Democratic minority are assigned to a subcommittee composed of four Republicans and two Democrats: 1) Expanded absentee voting; and 2) A Bipartisan redistricting plan.

http://virginiatomorrow.com/2009/01/28/wyatt-durrette-an-amazingly-puzzling-question/

GA Bills
Delegate Shannon Valentine presented her bill HB1685 in the House P&E Elections Subcommittee on January 19, 2009. The committee voted to pass the bill by along party lines; while Delegate Valentine presented a clear and compelling case for why bipartisan reform is so needed.

New Redistricting Poll Released

Why is redistricting done every 10 years?

The US Constitution (Article 1, Section 2) requires that the government count the population of the country in a census held each decade. The last census was in 2000. The next will be in 2010. The Constitution says that once the census is complete, the House of Representatives must be reapportioned in line with each state's population. States that grow significantly, for instance, may gain a representative in the House. The US Constitution also requires that each Representative actually represent an equal number of citizens. Since some districts' population will have grown more than other districts, the geographic area each district covers has to be updated so that each district is equal in population.

It works the same way for state Senate and House of Delegates districts. The Virginia Constitution mandates a redistricting each decade in line with the census.

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