After a cycle where the state’s Congressional maps were redrawn following successful legal challenges over racial gerrymandering, Virginia voters approved a ballot measure that creates a bipartisan redistricting commission which will draw new maps following the release of 2020 Census data next year. The commission will be composed of both legislators and ordinary citizens, and must be evenly split between Democrats and Republicans.

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