Following the approval of Virginia‘s referendum to redistrict the state in favor of Democrats, the state’s Republican Party Chairman Jeff Ryer called the wording on the ballot “blatantly dishonest.”
“I know we are disappointed by tonight’s result. Evidently, a sufficient number of Virginians trusted the blatantly dishonest language the Democrats placed on the ballot to make our Commonwealth the most severely gerrymandered state in the nation,” Ryer said.
Virginians voted to approve the state’s redistricting plan, which is likely to change the advantage Democrats have in the state’s congressional delegation from 6-5 to 10-1, by a margin of less than 100,000 votes, as of around 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Voters saw the following question at the ballot box:
“Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to allow the General Assembly to temporarily adopt new congressional districts to restore fairness in the upcoming elections, while ensuring Virginia’s standard redistricting process resumes for all
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