VOTE NO on Redistricting!

You may not be aware, but there is a Special Election on April 21, 2026.  Early voting is already underway. On the ballot is an extremely important issue for all Virginians.  The proposed amendment to the Virginia Constitution, would drastically change our congressional district boundary lines to give the Democrats a 10-1 partisan advantage

The ballot question uses the word ‘fairness’ in a very misleading way. There is nothing “fair” about this partisan gerrymander – it is a power grab intended to disenfranchise Republican voters throughout Virginia.  The Democrats are pushing this, and they have put tens of millions of dollars behind this effort.

Top 10 Reasons to VOTE NO on Redistricting

1. Virginia’s current Congressional District boundary lines are fair– and widely accepted as fair – resulting in 5 Republican members of Congress and 6 Democrat members of Congress, approximating the Republican/Democrat ratio of Virginia voters. They received an A for partisan fairness from Princeton on their Gerrymandering Project Report Card.
2. The current boundary lines were drawn by bipartisan experts, NOT politicians,under the direction of the Virginia Supreme Court in 2022.
3. Virginia voters rejected partisan gerrymandering with a decisive a 66%vote in the 2020 referendum election approving the Virginia constitutional amendment to create the bipartisan Virginia Redistricting Commission.
4. The proposed new map is a political gerrymander of Virginia’s eleven Congressional Districts, designed to give Democrats 10 of the 11 seats (91 percent of the seats), despite the fact that 46% of Virginia’s 2024 Presidential vote went Republican. This is a dishonest power-grab by the far-left! They do it by shifting liberal urban votes into more rural areas.
5. Gerrymandering disenfranchises (discourages and makes almost useless) votes for the minority party because they have virtually no chance of winning the election. The proposed amendment would gerrymander all 11 of Virginia’s Congressional Districts.
6. The gerrymandering amendment overrides the current constitutional requirement for geographically compact districts and respect for communities of interest.Instead, the new map creates vast stretches of cherry-picked voters who have little in common with respect to local concerns.  Our proposed 8^th Congressional District is particularly absurd, stretching in a narrow ribbon down the coastline from Alexandria then expanding wider almost to Norfolk (ending only 50 miles from the North Carolina border!).
7. It is wrong to use the actions taken in other states as an excuse to gerrymander Virginia. We must do what is right and best and fair for Virginians. That system is already in place. Any arguments that reference other states’ actions are weak, invalid, and irrelevant.
8. The language of the referendum claims to ‘restore fairness’ but fails to explain to voters what is unfair in the current system. They can’t explain it, because the current system is This intentionally biased and misleading language is a lie disguising the fact that this proposed gerrymandering amendment would actually create unfairness.
9. The proposed gerrymander is said to be “temporary,” but don’t trust those words. The far-left Democrats recently elected in Virginia also campaigned on affordability – then went to Richmond and imposed multiple new taxes on Virginians. Ask yourself this: If the current system is ‘unfair,’ why would a fix be only temporary? That seems to be an admission that the current system is preferable and fair.
10. The courts have ruled against the process used to put the amendment before the voters. The Tazewell County Circuit Court ruled that the process ignores constitutional requirements regarding notice and timing and is therefore invalid. The case is on appeal, even as we vote on a referendum that may eventually be ruled invalid by a higher court.

Get involved!

Order a yard sign, bumper stickers, and other Vote No items here:  https://secure.winred.com/republican-party-of-virginia/storefront/

Other links to sources of information and support for a NO vote:

https://virginia.gop/stop-gerrymandering/ 

https://vafairmaps.com/ 

https://nogerrymanderingva.org/

https://stopthegerrymander.com

Please be sure to vote.

• ABSENTEE: If you received an absentee ballot in the mail, please fill it out (Vote NO) and mail it in, or deliver it to the Drop Box outside the Elections Office at 132 N. Royal St. in Old Town by 7:00PM on April 21, 2026. The deadline for requesting an absentee ballot by mail is Friday, April 10, 2026. At 5:00 PM.
• IN-PERSON EARLY VOTING: Early Voting is all being conducted at the Office of Elections and Voter Registration, 132 N. Royal St. in Old Town through April 18.
• ELECTION DAY: On Election Day, Tuesday, April 21, 2026 you will only be able to vote at your regular precinct between 6:00 AM and 7:00 PM.