Redistricting is done nationwide after each decennial census to accommodate for population shifts. This should be a simple matter of adjusting districts so that each one has about the same number of people. Unfortunately, politicians often use this opportunity to pad their own re-election strategies.

As indicated by the name of our organization, our mission has a critical deadline - 2021. The process of changing the state constitution takes two years in Virginia - so we are in the critical last step to get this done before we have to spend another decade under gerrymandered maps.