The Virginia Senate passed a constitutional amendment on Friday that would allow the state to temporarily draw new congressional lines ahead of the next U.S. Census as Democrats look to counter Republicans’ redistricting efforts across the country.

The constitutional amendment, which passed the upper chamber on a 21-16 vote, would allow Old Dominion to do mid-decade redistricting if another state redraws their House map first before the end of the decade. The amendment would only give Democrats a limited window to do mid-decade redistricting — they'd only be allowed to redraw their........

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