Virginia elects its state officers in odd years. The 2021 election used the 2010 census districts, because the 2020 census was delayed. Some Virginia voters have been trying to persuade the federal courts to order new elections for lower house of the legislature based on districts that use the 2020 census. An earlier lawsuit lost because the voter-plaintiff happened to live in a district that is under-populated according to the 2020 census, so he could not show that he had been injured.
Now a new lawsuit has been filed by a voter-plaintiff who lives in an over-populated district. Here is the Complaint in Thomas v Beals, e.d., 3:22cv-427. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge David J. Novak, a Trump appointee. If the voter, Jeffrey Thomas, wins his lawsuit, the state will hold new elections before November 2023. UPDATE: see this news story.
Minority rule gerrymanders in VA since 1618 – carried over from olde English of Commons since late 1200s.
ONE evil result – black slaves into VA in 1619 — with ALL the later ROT.
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Pop census irrelevant.
The respective AGs of Virginia, both GOP and Democratic, have dragged their feet on this thus far and been called out by the judge. Hopefully the judge will act with dispatch in this new suit.