Welcome to Four Things Friday, Virginia edition!
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Hi Friend,
Virginia’s regular session has ended and the special session is wrapping up
after a couple of fast paced weeks. Before you know, the legislative portion of
the year will be over and election season will have begun!
In our second special Virginia-edition of Four Things Friday, we present you
with four links to help you catch up on the world of reform in the past month!
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Unite Virginia is now on Twitter! <[link removed]>
If this once-a-month email update isn’t enough for you, we have good news: you
can now stay up to date with Unite Virginia onTwitter
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up to, and let us know what you’re up to too!
Our mission is to continue to connect reformers across the state who are
working to put Virginia voters first, so feel free to tag us on anything about
electoral reform, good government advocacy — or basically anything that you
think is important to the voters first community! We want to know what you are
interested in and what political issues you are talking about.
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Virginia’s off-year election season is coming:
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Despite the fact that we probably won’t know the boundaries of the new
political districts for a while, election season is still coming. Party
nominating contests are only a couple of short months away with a good amount
of challenges and competitive races. This November, Virginians will be voting
on statewide offices, all 100 seats in the House of Delegates and more.
Our focus will be on Virginia’s legislative races and with VPAP’s handy
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status of all 100 seats; at the time of sending this...a shocking 47 seats
remain uncontested! Stay engaged and stay tuned for election updates.
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Census Delays can be an Opportunity to Get Redistricting Right
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Thanks to the success of Amendment 1 in Virginia, citizens are officially in
the drivers seat for redistricting this year. While delays in the census are
causing timelines for redistricting to be pushed back across the country, it's
not all bad news for the Commonwealth.
As our friends at OneVirginia2021 Foundation put it: "In the midst of an
unprecedented global pandemic, engaged Virginians have been banding together to
create a path forward for those who want our historic commission’s work to
produce fair and representative district maps, and now they will have
additional time to make sure this decade’s redistricting is done the right way.”
Learn more about Virginia redistricting here at the OneVirginia2021 Foundation.
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Check out ReUnited States <[link removed]>
Political division seemingly permeates every aspect of our lives, as
partisanship divides friends and families. A new documentary, The Reunited
States, is a powerful and urgent documentary that follows the unsung heroes on
the difficult journey of bridging our political and racial divides. Each of
these bridge-builders have realized that while our divides run deeper than they
ever could have imagined, so does the love and hope to bring our country back
together. Based on the book of the same name, the film urges us to consider
that everyone has a role to play in reuniting the country.
We recommend it! Check out the film, its website, and some of the tools the
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Best,
Matt Scoble
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Executive Director
Unite Virginia
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