VOTE YES VIRGINIA

So we can take back the House

TODAY is the end of the Virginia redistricting election. Have you voted yet?? If not, let me help:

A YES vote is for stopping Republicans from controlling Congress, by leveling the nationwide playing field. And the Republican disinformation campaign, would have you believe otherwise.

Republicans want Virginians to think that the likes of President Obama and Governor Abigail Spanberger are against the referendum.

They are trying to convince voters that Virginia is in a vacuum and unrelated to Texas and Missouri and North Carolina and Florida.

But it’s not in a vacuum. Texas, Missouri and North Carolina have already redistricted to further favor Republicans and Florida isn’t far behind. It’s not just about one state, it’s about the country.

And the thing is, none of these Republicans states asked. They took. In legislative sessions and emergency hearings.

California and Virginia know it’s about the voters. The voters have to decide. It’s not happening in closed door meetings or hearings where people are ignored, it’s out in the open and public and up to voters.

And voters got it in CA. Voters understood that this is temporary. In both states, this only lasts still the next census. Hopefully voters in VA will understand the same thing. They’ll understand that the Republican states couldn’t care less about the next census. Their goal is always to be in power, not to represent their constituents.

And if you hate gerrymandering? Great, so do I. But the only way we can get rid of it, make it a law that every state must have an independent redistricting commission is if we level the playing field, that was already deeply skewed before this.

There are 8 states that are gerrymandered towards Dems (before this election, with CA and VA, that would be 10) and 19 gerrymandered for Republicans. Even with what CA and VA are doing, it’s still not level. Republicans still have an outsized advantage, and again, they don’t consult voters at all.

So let’s even things out, make them more fair, cause, for once, we can, and fight to get enough Dems in office that independent redistricting is the norm for years to come.

So, VA, remember that your vote is your voice and that voice is your superpower, and VOTE YES before polls close TONIGHT!