http://twitchy.com/samj/2026/04/24/virginia-redistricting-gets-even-shadier-electors-hid-the-map-n2427469
Have we mentioned Virginia Democrats are the dirtiest Democrats in the country before? We have? Well ... they are.
And they just proved it by shoving through an illegal, unconstitutional, and unethical power grab with their recent gerrymandering referendum that somehow magically passed after Fairfax County (the county that, incidentally, would get all of the new districts) showed up with three separate vote dumps.
Uh oh ... that thing that has been happening more and more in Democrat-controlled districts ... that Democrats say "NEVER HAPPENS!" ... is happening again.
But we digress.
What makes this even dirtier is the fact that Spanberger literally hid the new map from voters.
We're not even kidding.
Luke Rosiak (@lukerosiak) ~ Incredible: Gov. Spanberger (D-VA) told localities NOT to post pictures of the gerrymandered maps that people were voting on, saying they should direct people to the General Assembly's website if they wanted to know. But, the General Assembly doesn't seem to show the maps either!
You don't say.
Now, why oh why would the governor not want her constituents to see what they're voting on?
Luke Rosiak (@lukerosiak) ~ Despite asking people to vote in making a 52-48 state have 91-9 representation in Congress, the "redistricting" page on the General Assembly's website hasn't been updated in years, and just links to the Redistricting Commission, which the amendment does away with, and also has only old maps.
Luke Rosiak (@lukerosiak) ~ I've spent a while looking at the General Assembly's website, Dept. of Elections, etc., and have not found the maps prominently available on any public source. If they are there at all, they're not where voters could reasonably find them. Here's the state advising counties not to post the maps:
What a bunch of a-holes, right?
Luke Rosiak (@lukerosiak) ~ Plenty of valid criticism about the media, but in this case, if it weren't for the media, voters would have no idea that the ballot was asking them to institute the most extreme gerrymander in the country to disenfranchise half the state.
Luke Rosiak (@lukerosiak) ~ Wow ... looks like to find the map, a voter would have to go to lis dot virginia dot gov, somehow know to search "Budget Bill," then click a link to "http://blob.core.windows.net";
Color us not shocked.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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