Redistricting panel still could protect incumbents
Virginia Mercury Photo/Ned Oliver
The new redistricting commission will draw new maps for Virginia General Assembly seats and the stateâs 11 U.S. House of Representative seats.
It almost depoliticizes the process if we have our values agreed to before the data comes in.
— Greta Harris, affordable housing advocate and commission co-chair
By Graham Moomaw
Near the end of a training video prepared for the 16 members of the new Virginia Redistricting Commission, a legislative staffer raised a point that got to the heart of why many reformers wanted an independent commission to begin with.