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Doesn't normal protocol require one to have passed for a few of these?

And like clockwork

Well, there is a missile manufacturer going in near Toano. Konesberg Manufacturing. They broke ground about a month ago. Raised a big stink among the know nothings. Hated to tell them about the Navy facility down the road near Yorktown

I was just struck that the team was basically stonewalled by a bunch of men. Basically erasing whatever achievements the women had obtained.

I have MLBTV for Tigers games. The only ads I saw all weekend were of some geezer standing in front of his tractor telling me to vote no. Every half inning, every pitching change. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday…..

The basic question comes down to whether the process was valid. A lower court ruled it was invalid. The Supreme Court allowed the referendum to go to a vote while they deliberated. The decision comes down to whether the General Assembly acted within the state constitution in redrawing the maps and whether redrawing the maps mid decade was allowed. The fact they fast tracked the review and allowed the vote to continue might be telling... Who knows Incidentally, in 2020 voters approved a constitutional amendment requiring redistricting maps be drawn by an "Independent Commission" (similar to Michigan ???). The commission was to be made up of legislators and private citizens from both parties. The Independent Commission could not agree on a compromise map. The State Constitution then required the State Supreme Court to appoint an Independent Special Masters group to draw the maps that are the current maps (before yesterday). The map we just voted on was drawn by the state legislature. The question is did the legislature overstep their constitutional rights. The state court could have stopped the stopped the vote, now they have to decide...

April 22 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/april-22?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2026-0422-04222026&om_rid=

It will be interesting to see what the Virginia Supreme Court may do. The punted when the referendum first came up and may be reluctant to weigh in now that the cows are completely out of the barn. Since the management of elections is constitutionally assigned to state legislatures they may just back off. Then it will be interesting to see if the SC has the stomach to take the case. Given the timeline of the upcoming midterms, it could be problamatic

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/us/elections/democrats-republicans-gerrymandering-maps.html?smid=url-share Here's where the national map over gerrymandering stands. Florida's map is still under consideration California +5, New Mexico +1, Virginia +2-4 seats Texas. +5, Missouri +1, Ohio +1-2, North Carolina +1 Florida (under consideration) +1-5