OneVirginia2021

OneVirginia2021
Formation 2013
Type Non-Profit Political Advocacy
Location
Website http://onevirginia2021.org/

OneVirginia2021 is an American civic non-profit organization founded to advocate for a non-partisan redistricting of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The group was founded in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2013 and is currently based in Richmond, Virginia.[1]

Efforts

On September 14, 2015, OneVirginia2021 filed a suit in Vesilind v. Virginia State Board of Elections claiming 11 Virginia state districts fail the criteria of compactness outlined by the Virginia State Constitution.[2] In an official release, OneVirginia2021 executive director Brian Cannon says, “Far from having a standard, the legislature effectively ignored the Constitution on this point, and gave us distorted, weirdly shaped districts that break up communities and rig elections by depriving voters of meaningful competition” [3][4]

In 2015, OneVirginia2021 backed SJ 284, an independent redistricting commission with non-partisan criteria co-patroned by Virginia Senators Jill Vogel (R) and Louise Lucas (D).[5]

OneVirginia2021, in conjunction with Richmond public broadcasting station WCVE, produced a documentary film about gerrymandering. This documentary examines the historical context and consequences of gerrymandering through a multi-partisan lens.[6] The documentary is titled GerryRIGGED: Turning Democracy On Its Head and was premiered on WCVE on October 24, 2016.[7][8][9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ CO+LAB. "About Us - OneVirginia2021". OneVirginia2021. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  2. ↑ "New Lawsuit Filed Over Va. House and Senate District Boundaries". Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  3. ↑ "UPDATE: The Politics of Self-Preservation". richmondmagazine.com. 2015-09-15. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  4. ↑ "Advocates fight in Supreme Court to end gerrymandering". The Henrico Citizen. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  5. ↑ "Bill Tracking - 2015 session > Legislation". leg1.state.va.us. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  6. ↑ Fields, Lanny (2016-02-19). "Documentary on Redistricting Reform Coming to WCVE PBS This Fall". Community Idea Stations. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  7. ↑ "GerryRIGGED: Turning Democracy On Its Head". Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  8. ↑ "Documentary "Gerryrigged" conveys electoral line-drawing at its worst. And Virginia takes the spotlight". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  9. ↑ "New Va. film calls for action against gerrymandering". The Daily Progress. Retrieved Apr 1, 2017.
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