The significance of the Virginia redistricting vote
Yesterday I wrote a post on the results of the Virginia referendum, and I have more to say today.
But first I’ll quote commenter “JohnTyler” on the subject:
This Virginia redistricting is just a preliminary event and demonstrates, yet again, that demonkrats play hardball and they will do absolutely anything to gain and retain power.
When the Dems take Congress and the presidency they will pack the SCOTUS, bring in PR and DC as states, formally allow non-citizens to vote in any and all elections, open up the borders to allow in millions of illegals, get rid of the filibuster, arrest and indict Trump and any of his main supporters, totally nationalize health care, “informally” declare that Israel is a pariah state, re-establish US /Iranian relations as it was during the Obama era, etc. etc.
It will be a bloodless coup d’etat, because the constitution will be totally ignored as a result of the packing of the SCOTUS; imagine a bunch of Justice Jacksons on the court.
But hey, it’s up to the voters and it is the voters that will destroy our constitutional republic.
California, NYC and Chicago are just mini-examples of what will occur in the USA when the demonrats take power.
Except for the fact that I don’t use words like “demonrats,” I’m in agreement and have been saying it for many years. Leftists are True Believers and fanatics and one of the things in which they believe is that the ends justify the means. “The ends” equal permanent power for themselves.
Another True Believer – although in a different, strangely related, cause – is Erdogan of Turkey, who famously said:
Democracy is like a tram. You ride it until you arrive at your destination, then you step off.
That tram route can include fraudulent votes and misleading wording for a referendum such as the one in Virginia. And the stepping-off doesn’t have to be overt, because once the game is rigged, and then non-Democrats of the state are disenfranchised, you can stay on the tram indefinitely.
That’s been obvious about the Democrats for many many years, at least fifteen and probably many more. After the 2020 election, I thought it all would happen. But the Democrat majority in the Senate was small enough that Sinema and Manchin were able to thwart the plans. Now they’re gone and it’s the GOP with the tiny majority and people such as Murkowski to do the blocking. Plus, the GOP is not as fanatically devoted to bending the rules nor as united in aims.
What happened in Virginia? I see a lot of comments around the blogosphere from people on the right (or perhaps concern trolls) saying the Republicans did nothing to stop this. Well, they obviously didn’t do enough. But they didn’t do nothing. In my previous post on the subject, I wrote about the GOP lawsuit that failed when the Virginia Supreme Court refused to rule until the vote had occurred. In addition, there are allegations about fraudulent mail-in ballots in Fairfax County putting the Democrats over the top at the last minute; I have no idea if it’s true but I assume that even if it is it can’t be proven.
Plus:
Democrats spent $70 million on this referendum.
Almost every penny came from out of state.
They broke laws.
They wrote a deceitful ballot measure.
They ran tv spots for two months, nonstop.
They brought in Obama.
They brought in Hollywood.We had grassroots.
That’s really it.… pic.twitter.com/fHR86zkUa4— The?FOO (@PolitiBunny) April 22, 2026
Once the Democrats decided to set up this referendum to allow a bare majority of voters to permit the overturning of an amendment establishing a bipartisan redistricting body, and once the Virginia Supreme Court allowed the referendum vote to go forward despite a GOP challenge, what could the GOP do? I don’t think more money was the answer, although it wouldn’t have hurt. But at the moment, the reality is that Democrats hold the majority in Virginia – or effectively control the vote even if they don’t, because they control the populous counties and the voting process there.
I’m becoming increasingly embittered.
It seems the main issue is the way the proposal was worded on the ballot, “restoring fairness,” as opposed to accurately saying what a yes or no vote be for or against. I think this will be part of the legal battle, though odds are against getting an impartial judge.
Ballot wording is an artform for Democrats and others who want to control elections, most often IMO when money is involved, regardless of “political” ideology. We recently had a referendum on zoning, and to defeat the proposed changes we had to vote “YES” because of the way the choice was worded.
Not the first time that has happened in Colorado.
Related:
State-assisted murder/suicide seems to be the flavor du
jourforever for the Democratic Party and like-minded parties and governments…“Spain’s Services Crumble; Military-Aged Male Migrants Overwhelm Registry Offices”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/spains-services-crumble-military-aged-male-migrants-overwhelm-registry-offices
Well, that was fast.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/04/22/court-rules-just-passed-virginia-gerrymandering-unconstitutional-n4952079
I have no idea as to the legal merits. Maybe our new in-house counsel Alan Dershowitz will opine.
Appeal to any historical precedent you want, we are watching a horror rise before our very eyes. And while there is no direct precedent for what’s happening, history is indeed rhyming. I believe we’re seeing a soft, slow motion echo of the Russian revolution, different in many respects because of differences in law, institutions, culture, and technology, but an echo nonetheless. As the revolution is being mounted by elites and power hungry thugs who have repudiated the values of the society and are willing to push extra-legal action without limit, the normal tools available to thoughtful and reasonable people will be unavailing. Our only hope is for a massive outpouring of public protest, something unprecedented in this country.
Beat me to it, Mike Plaiss. The allegation, which this judgment affirms, is that the legislature did not follow legally required timing for scheduling this special election, and that it failed to publish the amendment wording three months before the election, as required by law.
It will be appealed, of course.
There’s not much to be done against a numerical majority of a state, no matter how geographically concentrated. It’s great that a court has apparently already said it violates the Virginia constitution, but the Virginia legislature can amend their constitution with a simple majority of both houses, and guess who elects those people?
If it’s delayed long enough they may give up of course.
the Virginia legislature can amend their constitution with a simple majority of both houses
Why even bother having a constitution?
@Mike Plaiss:Why even bother having a constitution?
You got me. California’s is one of the longest in the world and contains highly specific clauses such as
because it can be amended by initiatives which can be passed by majority vote. The Constitution of California is practically “Simon Says”.
Paging CC™-R.
You have some crow to catch and consume, although Corvids are very intelligent, so that may explain why you still haven’t eaten all that you’ve pledged.
The Democrats in VA hold their serfs in utter contempt it seems, wasting everyone’s time with such a flawed process. Ends and means I guess. For the party and the greater good! (sarc x 11)
When the Dems take Congress and the presidency…It will be a bloodless coup d’etat, because the constitution will be totally ignored as a result of the packing of the SCOTUS…” JohnTyler
“So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire, by people who don’t even know that fire is hot,” George Orwell
What the left fails to grasp is that for millions of Americans, liberty is not ‘an option’. They fail to grasp on both an intellectual and emotional level that many of those millions resonate with Jefferson’s declaration that, “When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty” There are millions upon millions of us veterans who still take seriously our oath to defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic. Many of those veterans are combat vets, and many of them were trained in counter insurgency warfare. Quite a few understand that while tactics win battles, logistics wins wars.
Those who vote left are overwhelmingly concentrated in urban and suburban areas. Into which all water, food, energy and medicine must be imported. The supply chains of which can be easily disrupted. So no need for pitched battles, just 3 days of food resides in grocery stores…
“There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death” Proverbs 14:12
I’m trying to catch up on the redistricting/gerrymandering issues in order to have an informed opinion. Still not there but …
Some of the current confusion comes from the Voting Rights Act (1965) which required racial redistricting (gerrymandering) to prevent Southern Democrats from gerrymandering districts so blacks could never win at the district level and thus have little say at the state level.
This is the “voter dilution” problem. However, it’s rather like anti-racism requiring racism as a solution.
It’s a right mess. Which isn’t to say Democrats and Republicans are equally to blame, but legal argumentation is muddy.
Population centers control the vote, as is the case here in Colorado. AP, wait until the ballot comes out this year!