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Gerry Mander and His Entire Staff 0

A victory for sanity. We shall see whether it holds.

In a decision with potential implications for Virginia’s congressional delegation, a three-judge panel ruled Tuesday that the lines of the state’s 3rd Congressional District were drawn in violation of the U.S. Constitution.

The panel allowed next month’s election to proceed under the existing district lines, but ordered the General Assembly to redraw them by April 1, in time for the next congressional election in 2016.

There’s a map of the district at the link. It has four or five non-contiguous parts, depending on whether you think being separated by a significant river means “non-contiguous.” One of my friends from TWUUG is in the district; he finds its existence thoroughly irritating.

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