What’s happening on April 21?!

The newly elected Democratic majority in the Virginia General Assembly is advancing a proposed constitutional amendment to redraw Virginia’s 11 congressional districts.
The process has set aside long-standing procedural norms, decorum, and legal standards.
The proposed changes would shift Virginia’s current congressional delegation from a 6-Democrat / 5-Republican split to a possible 10-Democrat / 1-Republican split.
Instead of placing the amendment on the November 2026 general election ballot, the majority has scheduled a statewide vote between March 6, 2026 and April 21, 2026.
The earlier vote is intended to influence control of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Learn more about the history of Virginia’s efforts to stop exactly this kind of shenanigans by clicking HERE.

Click the map below to see how YOUR district is affected!

Click the map to learn more about your district!

How am I impacted?!

Most of Virginia’s congressional map is impacted by the proposed changes, turning what used to be four Republican-leaning districts into only one, while also weakening three Democratic district, though still leaning heavily Democratic.

There won’t be such thing as “moderate” Virginia anymore.

The fastest way to check if your home is affected is by checking the Virginia Public Access Project 2026 Redistricting website.

Safe Seats Get Concentrated Extremes

Virginia has benefited from a pendulum of political control by passing generally moderate legislation after each party’s respective political pushback. Many congressional and state legislative districts are subject to swing under the current maps (as seen recently in the November 2025 election cycle), typically discouraging politicians from pursuing extreme positions by the most extreme members of their respective parties.

But gerrymandering fosters extremism. When a political party has safe seats, the extremists of that party have more influence while moderate and opposing view points get shut out.

The Redistricting Commission, supported by most Virginians, stopped all that! And now Democrats in the House of Delegates want politicians to re- draw the maps.

Be Sure to Vote Early, Absentee,

or on April 21!

We know there are a lot of rumors floating around that the Virginia Supreme Court is going to find that this vote is unconstitutional, that it will be stopped, or that no one should vote earlier than April 16, etc. But until the Virginia Supreme Court formally and finally says that it is not happening, we must plan to vote and get anyone else eligible to vote NO on or before April 21.

Early Voting Starts March 6, 2026

If you prefer to vote earlier than on April 21, you can either request an absentee ballot (no ‘necessary’ excuse required) or go to your local registrar’s office to vote in-person early. You can request an absentee ballot by clicking the link below.

Your Questions Answered

To understand this process, let us explain what the law is:
To amend the Constitution of Virginia, a proposed amendment must first pass the General Assembly by a majority vote in both the House of Delegates and the Senate. After the next general election for members of the House, the newly elected General Assembly must pass the same amendment again. The amendment is then placed on a statewide ballot, and it becomes part of the Constitution only if approved by a majority of Virginia voters.
It is a proposed change to the Virginia Constitution that would allow the General Assembly to temporarily redraw Virginia’s U.S. Congressional district lines before the next census in 2030.
Redistricting is the process of drawing the boundaries for election districts. These lines determine which voters are grouped together to elect representatives.
This referendum will allow politicians to redraw US Congressional Districts in the Commonwealth of Virginia
Currently the Democrat controlled House of Delegates has a proposed map in place which will take affect immediately after the April 21 vote.
This will change which district Virginians are located.
This amendment only affects Congressional districts (the lines that determine who represents you in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C.).
It does NOT change:
- Virginia House of Delegates districts
- Virginia State Senate districts
- Local Board of Supervisors or City Council districts
Those state and local lines are drawn under a different constitutional process and are not part of this amendment.
If the amendment passes, your Congressional district could change. That means:
- You will vote for a different candidate for U.S. Congress.
- The political makeup of your district will shift.
- Some counties, such as Fairfax, will have 5 Congressmen representing them.
It does not affect your right to vote, your voter registration, or your local elections.
Virginia requires constitutional amendments to be passed by two sessions of the General Assembly and then approved by voters.
Democrat lawmakers proposing this amendment believe it is necessary to address concerns about “fairness” in current US Congressional maps before 2030.
They believe Virginia must redraw the congressional districts to create 4 additional Democrat leaning seats in the US Congress.
This will shift the balance of power out of the hands of Republicans into Democrats, therefore using the power of Congress to stop President Trump and his America First agenda.
Others argue that mid-decade redistricting is unnecessary, unfair for Virginia and a power grab by the Democrat controlled legislature. Some believe Virginia should follow the law established in 2020 and take the power of redistricting out of the hand of politicians and wait until the next census, which is Virginia Law.
Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to allow the General Assembly to temporarily adopt new congressional districts to restore fairness in the upcoming elections, while ensuring Virginia’s standard redistricting process resumes for all future redistricting after the 2030 census?”
The Democrat-led Legislature are using this vague language to imply that the Virginia Redistricting Commission was unfair in drawing the last Congressional districts.
Also, the Democrat led legislature considers actions of other states reason enough to change our State Constitution and gerrymander the current Congressional Districts to favor the Democrats.
To gain seats in the US Congress AND to maintain complete control over Virginia AND to disenfranchise 40% of Virginia voters.
The Virginia House of Delegates called a special session in October of 2025 to push through a Redistricting Bill, HJ4. Then they counted the 2025 election as the intervening election. Then in the 2026 session, they pushed through HJ4 again. The Governor signed the bill and now the referendum vote is scheduled to take place on April 21.
BUT early voting had already started in September of 2025, therefore the first special session was invalid.
Technically yes, IF Virginia Democrats followed the rules they established in 2020.
The Virginia Constitution does allows amendments to be proposed by the General Assembly and approved by voters.
IF voters APPROVE it in the statewide election, it becomes part of the Constitution.
Currently there are several lawsuits challenging the legality of the referendum that have yet to be resolved.
Stay tuned….

Want to Know More?

There is a lot of misinformation by the Democratic party about what this vote really means and how it has come about. The following pages reflect organizations that have been highly involved in the passage of the nonpartisan commission to redistrict maps, and contain information supporting the need for Virginia to remain a swing state to maintain good governance, and meaningful representation of all of its citizens.