As the new legislative year begins in Richmond, I hope more voters will join the effort to stop gerrymandering in Virginia. An overwhelming majority of us (as well as Presidents Reagan and Kennedy in the past and Clinton, G.H.W. Bush, G. Bush, and Obama now) favor this cause.
To stop gerrymandering, we must change Virginia’s constitution. And as long as our legislators can make law in back rooms and with voice votes (that record yea or nay but not individual legislator’s votes), that won’t happen. We’ll all have to step up. To learn how, visit OneVirginia2021.org and look up “Delegate Jerry Mandering” on Facebook.
Dianne Thomas
Fairfax
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