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Commissioners hoped public comment would guide their work ahead of a deadline Sunday. There was widespread public participation, but relatively few commenters spoke about race and ethnicity’s place in the new maps despite that issue being the main roadblock to consensus maps.
The Virginia Redistricting Commission failed to agree on one set of maps in a meeting Saturday. The commission was working towards incorporating public feedback into their working draft, but with no single set of maps for the House of Delegates and State Senate, citizens will have over 40 maps to look at.
Virginia’s redistricting commission might not arrive at finalized district lines for the Virginia House of Delegates and state Senate before next week, when the commission will present the maps to