The current boundaries for Senate District 37. One Virginia 2021 via Capital News Service
A constitutional amendment aiming to create an independent redistricting commission in Virginia has reached the Senate floor and may come up for a vote this week.
Under the amendment, an independent commission — instead of legislators — would redraw districts for the U.S. House of Representatives, Virginia Senate and House of Delegates in 2021 after the U.S. Census Bureau releases new population and demographic data.
Sen. George Barker, D-Alexandria, who is sponsoring the amendment, said SJ 306would reduce the influence that politicians have in the redistricting process and would limit their ability to draw racially and politically gerrymandered districts.
