Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Four Ways The Virginia GOP’s Redistricting Power Grab Could Be Stopped By Legal Action

Four Ways The Virginia GOP’s Redistricting Power Grab Could Be Stopped By Legal Action: Yesterday, when Virginia state Sen. Henry Marsh (D) was away from the state capitol to attend President Obama’s inauguration, Virginia Republicans rushed through a gerrymandering bill that that could potentially transform the evenly divided Virginia senate into a 27-13 Republican majority. The Virginia senate is currently split 20-20 between Democrats and Republicans, and Lt. Gov. [...]/p