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Chris Marston, general counsel for the Virginia GOP, said early voting has seen “much higher” Republican turnout than usual.

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The leftists who now control Virginia’s government desperately want you to believe that ripping up a bipartisan congressional map mid-decade for naked political advantage is fair. They insist as much in the language of the absurd referendum question before the commonwealth’s voters next month. 

“Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to allow the General Assembly to temporarily adopt new congressional districts to restore fairness in the upcoming elections, while ensuring Virginia’s standard redistricting process resumes for all future redistricting after the 2030 census?” the ballot asks.  

Fairness. Or in this case a radical gerrymander that would help Dems grab four additional House seats and a 10-1 seat edge in the next session of congress. 

Republicans sure don’t think that’s fair. Neither do a solid majority of Virginia voters, according to a new poll from Heritage Action. Asked whether electoral maps should represent the interests of politicians, or the interests of voters, 87 percent of respondents sided with voters. Another 61 percent of those surveyed said electoral maps should not disproportionately favor one political party over another. 

The April 21 referendum is really about changing the constitution to allow Democrats to dominate the state’s congressional delegation — and to improve the radical left’s chances of taking back the House in November. It would ditch a bipartisan state redistricting commission’s maps drawn following the 2020 census and replace them with the Dem-friendly political boundaries. Maps that........

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