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underpants

(196,740 posts) Mon Apr 13, 2026, 10:42 AM 4 hrs ago

Voting in Virginia right now. I'm the 7th person in line

outside of the door.

Voting YES in redistricting.

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Voting in Virginia right now. I'm the 7th person in line (Original Post) underpants 4 hrs ago OP

Here's to hoping it passes. MarineCombatEngineer 4 hrs ago #1

Overheard inside the actual voting room underpants 4 hrs ago #4

K & R............... Lovie777 4 hrs ago #2

Wishing you success, Virginia! sheshe2 4 hrs ago #3

Virginia is COUNTER punching, COUNTER gerrymandering jimmy the one 3 hrs ago #5

MarineCombatEngineer

(18,112 posts)

1. Here's to hoping it passes.

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 10:44 AM

4 hrs ago

underpants

(196,740 posts)

4. Overheard inside the actual voting room

Reply to MarineCombatEngineer (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 11:33 AM

4 hrs ago

One machine I think he said had 5 or 8K early votes in it but I definitely heard that the other had 15K on it.

Henrico County. Suburban of Richmond

Lovie777

(23,141 posts)

2. K & R...............

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 10:49 AM

4 hrs ago

sheshe2

(97,759 posts)

3. Wishing you success, Virginia!

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 11:02 AM

4 hrs ago

jimmy the one

(2,814 posts)

5. Virginia is COUNTER punching, COUNTER gerrymandering

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 11:58 AM

3 hrs ago

I will vote yes April 21 for the counter re-districting plan.
I received a flyer from a republican outfit urging 'vote no' and which harped about the unfairness of it all, which included testimonials from Obama, Virginia governor Abigail Spanberger, and another Virginia politician, all three condemning gerrymandering - as if they were voting no!
Yes of course they do oppose gerrymandering, but they are NOT condemning what we do in response to Texas firing the first shot last year.
Punching people hard is usually against the law, and counter punching is acceptable, which is what Virginia democrats are doing. Counter gerrymandering, counter rigging.

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