Did Virginia need to gerrymander its districts to check Trump’s power, or could we trust voters to do it themselves? The voters — in Virginia and nationally — have given us their answer.
Brian Cannon
Brian Cannon is a democracy reform advocate who helped lead Virginia’s bipartisan redistricting reform effort from 2015 to 2021 and works on election reform initiatives nationally.
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Cannon: The answer to authoritarianism isn’t gerrymandering
Virginia earned national respect in 2020 by rejecting partisan map manipulation. If we reverse course now, we send a clear signal that reform lasts only until it becomes inconvenient.
