No one in Virginia likes gerrymandering, but there's a significant difference of opinion in how to fix it. The amendment Virginians vote on tomorrow offers one plan, but some progressive voices in the Commonwealth feel it's not the best move. Before Kelly Herring...
How A Question On Your Ballot Will Decide The Fate of Redistricting In Virginia
On Tuesday, November 3, you'll have a chance to vote on the way Virginia handles redistricting for the next ten years and beyond. Should you vote yes or no? That depends on who you ask. A single question on the 2020 electoral ballot will decide the fate of the...
Virginia Democrats are Bad at this Politics Thing
While I’m teaching, I find myself restating the same point to my students over and over again: Republicans are better at politics than Democrats. We just saw it recently play out at the national level (welcome, Justice Brohim). And it’s certainly true in Virginia,...
Students seek to flex political muscles in the face of gerrymandered districts
As co-leader of Ram The Vote in 2012, Amani Walker remembers the challenges in getting her fellow students at Virginia Commonwealth University to cast ballots in that year’s presidential election. As co-leader of Ram The Vote in 2012, Amani Walker remembers the...
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