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Census data delay could freeze Virginia House districts, raises prospect of elections for three straight years Gregory S. Schneider RICHMOND Delays in U.S. census data have disrupted plans to draw new districts for this year s elections of all 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates, raising the possibility that the races will be run under the old political map. On top of that uncertainty, the General Assembly has passed legislation to move all local and municipal elections to November, which could force more than a dozen cities and more than 100 towns around the state to reschedule council and school board elections that usually take place in May.
Census delay could freeze House districts, raises prospect of elections for three straight years
Gregory S. Schneider, The Washington Post
Feb. 16, 2021
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RICHMOND, Va. - Delays in U.S. census data have disrupted plans to draw new districts for this year s elections of all 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates, raising the possibility that the races will be run under the old political map.
On top of that uncertainty, the General Assembly has passed legislation to move all local and municipal elections to November, which could force more than a dozen cities and more than 100 towns in the state to reschedule council and school board elections that usually take place in May.
Michael Pope reports.
Possession of marijuana could be legal as soon as this summer, and it could be legal to buy as soon as New Year’s Day 2024. Lawmakers are working their way through the details of a massive bill on marijuana legalization. And one part that Republicans have been critical of is preferential treatment for licenses to people who live in neighborhoods that have been over-policed in the war on drugs.
Senator Bill DeSteph is a Republican from Virginia Beach.
Credit U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration And let us not mistake where you do sell drugs will be back in those same neighborhoods that you grew up and your family grew up in selling drugs, he said.