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Redistricting in a Rush: What Virginia Voters Need To Know | Joe Thomas

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🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Virginia is facing a push to hold a special vote, likely in mid-April, to overturn a 65%-approved nonpartisan redistricting commission.  Joe Thomas, The Daily Signal’s Virginia correspondent, breaks down the proposed change that would allow the state to redraw districts reactively if other states change theirs.  “ North Carolina, and even New York state is talking about redistricting their congressional districts ahead of the midterms. Now, unlike all those other states, Virginia had a constitutional amendment that said you can’t do it.” Follow us on Instagram for EXCLUSIVE bonus content and the chance to be featured in our episodes: https://www.instagram.com/problematicwomen/   Connect with our hosts on socials!   Elise McCue X: https://x.com/intent/user?screen_name=EliseMcCue Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elisemccueofficial/   Virginia Allen: X: https://x.com/intent/user?screen_name=Virginia_Allen5 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/virginiaallenofficial/   Check out Top News in 10, hosted by The Daily Signal’s Tony Kinnett: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjMHBev3NsoUpc2Pzfk0n89cXWBqQltHY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Redistricting, you hear the most outrageous lies.

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Apologies to the writers of the movie Repo Man, the Gogglebox do-goaters that are out there trying to tell you where and what is really going on in Virginia redistricting are trying to get

0:51.1

you to vote for it probably in middle April. They need to have this vote cast by the

0:59.1

middle of April so that there is time if they do succeed in convincing you to overturn an election

1:05.6

that went down 65% in favor of a nonpartisan redistricting commission that each 10 years would redraw

1:14.2

Virginia's districts based on population shifts, tear that up in favor of a reactionary bill

1:22.6

that would allow them, if another state changed their districts, Virginia could invoke this constitutional

1:31.6

amendment to recreate theirs. So that's what's going on here in Virginia. And just as a quick note,

1:40.0

this is what it looks like nationwide. When you look at the states that are discussing whether or not to redistrict, you're looking at

1:48.3

certainly Texas, the beginning of all of this, but a reminder about Texas.

1:53.0

This was court-ordered redistricting because it had been determined that Texas's districts

1:59.5

were drawn racially biased, and you're not allowed to do that.

2:04.3

Then California said, well, if they're going to redistrict, then we're going to redistrict.

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And you can see on the map how few Republican places there are in California, and they're trying to make that even fewer.

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