Thread by @princetongerry

Princeton Gerrymandering Project is live with our latest report cards out of Virginia. Maps A7 for the House of Delegates and A5 for the State Senate were released this morning.

A7 House of Delegates: gerrymander.princeton.edu/redistricting-…
A5 State Senate: gerrymander.princeton.edu/redistricting-…

We give the A7 House of Delegates Map a B. It gets a B on Partisan Fairness, a C in Competitiveness, and a B in Geographic Features. It, like several of the maps proposed yesterday and earlier in this process, has a noticeable line of BVAP population above 50%.

We give the A5 Senate Map an F. It gets an F in Partisan Fairness - this map is a Republican gerrymander. It gets a C in Competitiveness and a C in Geographic Features. It also has the noticeable 50%+ BVAP population threshold.

The Commission starts public hearings on the maps tomorrow. Information on the hearings and how to participate is here: virginiaredistricting.org/PageReader.asp… Let the Commission hear your voice, what you think of these maps, and what you'd like to see before these maps are made final.

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