This is insane…The Virginia redistricting amendment on the ballot today is framed as a vote to "restore fairness in the upcoming elections."

X ^ | 04/22/2026 | Geiger Capital

[SmokingJoe]

Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital · Apr 21 This is insane…

The Virginia redistricting amendment on the ballot today is framed as a vote to "restore fairness in the upcoming elections."

In reality, it turns a state that Kamala barely won by 5 pts from 6D-5R to 10D-1R.

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KEYWORDS: abigailspanberger; demagogicparty; gerrymandering; redistricting; virginia

[SmokingJoe]

Should there be massive redistricting in Florida for Republicans in reply to this nonsense from Virginia? Yup.

[SmokingJoe]

[Carry_Okie]

Democrats think it fair only if they win.

[AppyPappy]

We’ve always been at war with EastAsia

[Brian Griffin]

If ballots were sent out by mail then the mail fraud statute might apply.

The DoJ could pick the federal judicial district in which to prosecute.

[piytar]

Gotta hand it to the Dems: they mostly stick together (well do toss a few people to the sharks) and get the job done.

Our side: bunch of weak-spined useless “play nice” wimps. Yeah a few exceptions. But if they cannot pass the SAVE act, pretty much tells the tale.

[Brian Griffin]

“18 USC Ch. 63: MAIL FRAUD AND OTHER FRAUD OFFENSES”

“Title 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I—CRIMES
CHAPTER 63—MAIL FRAUD AND OTHER FRAUD OFFENSES”

Ҥ1341. Frauds and swindles
Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, or to sell, dispose of, loan, exchange, alter, give away, distribute, supply, or furnish or procure for unlawful use any counterfeit or spurious coin, obligation, security, or other article, or anything represented to be or intimated or held out to be such counterfeit or spurious article, for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice or attempting so to do, places in any post office or authorized depository for mail matter, any matter or thing whatever to be sent or delivered by the Postal Service, or deposits or causes to be deposited any matter or thing whatever to be sent or delivered by any private or commercial interstate carrier, or takes or receives therefrom, any such matter or thing, or knowingly causes to be delivered by mail or such carrier according to the direction thereon, or at the place at which it is directed to be delivered by the person to whom it is addressed, any such matter or thing, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both. If the violation occurs in relation to, or involving any benefit authorized, transported, transmitted, transferred, disbursed, or paid in connection with, a presidentially declared major disaster or emergency (as those terms are defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122)), or affects a financial institution, such person shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or both.”

Ҥ1341. Frauds and swindles
Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud...places in any post office or authorized depository for mail matter, any matter or thing whatever to be sent or delivered by the Postal Service...or knowingly causes to be delivered by mail or such carrier according to the direction thereon...any such matter or thing, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both....”

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title18/part1/chapter63&edition=prelim

[spacejunkie2001]

A circuit court just ruled it unconstitutional

[TangoLimaSierra]

This from Ken Cuccinelli; The "yes" vote has won Va's redistricting referendum — but the legal fight is just beginning. Four Va Constitutional challenges are now teed up: THREE challenges to the amendment process itself:
1️⃣ First passage was invalid. The amendment was taken up during a special session convened in 2024 for budget purposes. The General Assembly's own call to the Governor (under Art. IV, §6 and Art. V, §5) and its governing resolution (HJR 6001) limited the session's scope. Expanding it to include a constitutional amendment on redistricting required a two-thirds vote that never occurred. A Tazewell County judge found this action "void, ab initio."
2️⃣ Art. XII, §1 requires that after first passage, a proposed amendment be "referred to the General Assembly at its first regular session held after the next general election of members of the House of Delegates." An election must intervene between first and second passage. Here, first passage occurred during an election cycle — not before an intervening one.
3️⃣ Art. XII, §1 requires the amendment be submitted to voters "not sooner than ninety days after final passage by the General Assembly." The timeline from second passage to the April 21 vote did not satisfy this requirement. Plus ONE challenge to the proposed maps:
4️⃣ Art. II, §6 requires that "every electoral district shall be composed of contiguous and compact territory." The proposed congressional maps violate this contiguity requirement (rather badly).

Next stop, court. Stay tuned.

[ActresponsiblyinVA]

Democrats and Virginians should be embarrassed.

[TangoLimaSierra]

Talked to a guy at the polls who said his mom was about to vote “Yes” because of the misleading “to restore fairness”.
He informed her before it was too late. She was pissed.

[Nateman]

...a circuit court just ruled it unconstitutional

Do you have a Link?

[Nateman]

Fairness? So it’s only fair if politicians get to pick their voters and not the other way around?

[Brian Griffin]

“A Tazewell County judge ruled that the redistricting push was illegal for several reasons. Circuit Court Judge Jack Hurley Jr. said lawmakers failed to follow their own rules for adding the redistricting amendment to a special session. He ruled that their initial vote failed to occur before the public began casting ballots in last year’s general election and thus didn’t count toward the two-step process. And he ruled that the state failed to publish the amendment three months before that election, as required by law.”

https://www.ffxnow.com/2026/04/21/breaking-voters-approve-redistricting-amendment-as-fairfax-results-pour-in/

https://apnews.com/article/virginia-judge-rules-redistricting-plans-illegal-aa92e2eceeef476b4045b31c2c5affdc

[spacejunkie2001]

https://x.com/KenCuccinelli/status/2047035309691375844

[Brian Griffin]

Maryland Democrats refuse to risk judicial ire

https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-wes-moore-maryland-florida-virginia-4481f51e7f1f007be4ba02d91b3bfa63

[SmokingJoe]

Well its gone before Virginia Supreme Court now.
We’ll see.

[Brian Griffin]

I think is for all counties and cities:

https://americafirstinsight.com/live-results-virginia-redistricting-amendment/

[Brian Griffin]

“Modify one or more congressional districts … in the event that any state … conducts a redistricting of such state’s congressional districts … for any purpose other than completion of the state’s decennial redistricting or as ordered by a court to remedy an unlawful or unconstitutional district map.”

https://www.bing.com/search?q=virginia+redistricting+amendment+text&FORM=AWRE1

[spacejunkie2001]

I’m reading it’s a total sh*tshow and VA will NOT ultimately win this. The redistricting is dead

Thank you Jesus if true