Category: Electoral process
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The Most Aggressive Gerrymander of Any State
by Scott Dreyer In what Cardinal News columnist Dwayne Yancey labels “sheer ugliness,” Virginia Democrats on Feb. 5 finally released their proposed new maps to carve up the Old Dominion into 11 new Congressional districts. According to the US Constitution, House seats are apportioned by population, so since Virginia has somewhat over 8 million residents, we have 11 members in the House of Representatives. Of those current 11…
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We Have to Destroy Democracy in Order to Save It!
by Chap Petersen About fifty years ago the United States was involved in a military conflict in Vietnam which lasted many years and did not end well. There was a phrase from that era – “We had to destroy the village in order to save it” – which encapsulated its own self-defeating logic. We know better…
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Spanberger Signs Bills to Send Constitutional Amendments to Voters
Governor Abigail Spanberger today released the following statement after signing legislation to set referendums on proposed amendments to the Virginia Constitution (my bold, JAB): “Virginia voters deserve the opportunity to respond to the nationwide attacks on our rights, freedoms, and elections. Everyone deserves the freedom to marry who they love — and Virginia’s Constitution should…
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Virginia Nursing Home Laws Avoid Chains and Subverted by Weak Sanctions
by James C. Sherlock Delegate Rodney Willet, D-Henrico, is trying to do the right thing for the right reasons. He has introduced HB 605 to amend § 32.1-127. (Effective January 1, 2026) Regulations. He added a new section B. 35 to establish staffing standards for Virginia nursing homes. Del. Willett is joined by many members of…
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Out-of-State Donors Push Nursing Home Campaign Contributions to New Heights
by James C. Sherlock “Organizing for Virginia Seniors” has jumped to number two on VPAP’s list of Top Political Donors in Virginia behind Dominion Energy. The funding for “Organizing for Virginia Seniors” comes from New York and New Jersey nursing home chains, about which this author has been less than complimentary. And then there…
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Judge Smacks Down Democrat Power Grab
by Kerry Dougherty Finally. A common-sense court decision that derails the Democrats’ redistricting chicanery in Virginia. For the time being, at least. The radical left in Virginia is so determined to deprive conservatives of proportional representation in Congress that they intend to appeal the circuit court ruling that came down Tuesday. The issues are really…
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Will Spanberger Be a Redistricting Heroine?
by Chap Petersen Saturday was a historic day as Abigail Spanberger was sworn in as the 75th Governor of the Commonwealth, our first female Chief Executive. Within minutes of taking office, the Governor issued a number of Executive Orders which rolled back Republican initiatives and implemented an aggressively Democratic agenda. To the victor go the…
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They’re Baaaack!
by Kerry Dougherty I can’t be the only Virginian experiencing a form of PTSD after two days of the all-Democrat General Assembly session. It’s as if the loathsome Ralph Northam was running the show again. You know, the guy who closed churches, masked toddlers and supported infanticide. Despite all their talk about “affordability” – the…
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The Fine Art of Gerrymandering
What might a 10-to-1 Virginia congressional map look like? Chaz Nuttycomb, president of State Navigate, gives it a shot: So much for congressional districts representing natural communities of interest.
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What “Democracy” Looks Like to Louise Lucas
The “10-1” on Lucas’ armored fist in this X tweet stands for the goal of redrawing Virginia’s congressional districts to elect 10 Democrats and one Republican to Congress. Reminder: In the 2024 House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 51.4% of the popular vote went to Democratic candidates, 47.6% to Republicans, and the rest to independents…
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Busted: GOP in Panic Mode Over Goldman Redistricting Strategy
by Paul Goldman Thank you sir: Mr. Emilio Jaksetic’s attempt to refute my article actually demonstrates the GOP is in a panic over my redistricting strategy. The GOP realizes I have indeed come up with a way to outfox Judge Thomas and his colleagues. Their rationale in the Texas case told Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger, House Speaker Don…
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Outfoxing Judge Thomas
An alternative redistricting strategy for VA Democrats by Paul Goldman On Friday, I showed how the recent U.S. Supreme decision on the GOP Texas redistricting put a fork in the Spanberger/Scott/Surovell mid-decade redistricting plan. The High Court made certain that Virginia and other states got the message: once the campaign season is in full swing, fundamental…
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Did U.S. Supreme Court Kill Spanberger’s Redistricting Plan?
by Paul Goldman The legal experts who say yesterday’s decision on Texas redistricting allows Virginia to do mid-decade redistricting are wrong. I warned months ago the Supremes would okay Texas but not Virginia. Those experts who think otherwise need to read prior election law cases. There is a long history of the High Court rejecting…
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Redistricting Roulette
by David J. Toscano “Unprecedented” and “outrageous” were the words most often heard in response to Texas Republicans’ attempted mid-cycle redraw of congressional maps to boost GOP odds of keeping control of the U.S. House after the midterms. Now, a federal district court has concluded that the legislature’s new plan is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander—placing…
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Who Are All Those Voters at 1405 South Fern Street?
The Miami Independent blog reports on the inquiries of a Virginia citizen affiliated with the Virginia Voter Roll Maintenance Movement into possible voting-registration irregularities in Arlington County. — JAB Voter Registration At UPS Store In Arlington, Virginiaby Eduardo Vidal A Virginia resident reports that he has been stonewalled by Arlington County election officials after raising…