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UPDATE 2:52 pm: Wow, don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like this before…all hell breaks loose!
Chair Greta Harris says “You have to believe that people sitting across the table from you are sincere. I am appealing to the Supreme Court of Virginia to lift up fairness in whatever you do to draw maps. I don’t feel that all members are sincere. Regrettably, I am done.”
— VAPLAN (@vaplan2018) October 8, 2021
Summary: Chair Harris, @JamesAbrenio and Brandon Hutchins resigned. They didn’t have members left to have a quorum so adjourned. Could ostensibly return at the call of the remaining chair. Nobody knows exactly what the rules are.
— VAPLAN (@vaplan2018) October 8, 2021
I mean, we hate to say “we told you so” and all that, but…we really did tell you so, many many times (over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again), throughout the course of last year’s debate over Amendment 1. Unfortunately, the pro-Amendment side was HEAVILY funded (by out-of-state groups, Republicans, etc.) and was able to HEAVILY outspend the anti-Amendment side, and the voters (including Republican voters plus many Democratic voters) unfortunately fell for it. So here we are, after weeks of dysfunction, with the VA Redistricting Commission appearing to be on the verge of complete collapse. Heckuva job by 1VA2021 and its enablers…ugh.
