Issue Position: Redistricting

Issue Position

Redistricting

A founding principle of our country is that each citizen is entitled to a free and fair electoral process including equitable representation. The practice of gerrymandering violates these principles. It allows representatives to choose their voters instead of voters choosing their representatives. This practice needs to stop.

Recently, Democrats have introduced numerous proposals to take the power away from legislators and end gerrymandering. Since 2002, Democrats have introduced 87 bills to fight partisan gerrymandering while Republicans have only introduced 3. I cosponsored legislation in 2016 and 2017 which would amend the Constitution to create nonpartisan redistricting commissions. I remain steadfastly committed to creating non-partisan redistricting in Virginia. We have seen what can happen when our two parties worked together for the betterment of Virginia with the expansion of Medicaid. We need that same attitude now to ensure a fair electoral process ahead of the 2021 redistricting process.

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