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Democrats in Richmond are trying to pull off a power grab disguised as “fairness,” and former Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares wasn’t having it on Newsmax’s American Agenda — he called the scheme a brazen betrayal of voters and slammed it as a political stunt that would gut conservative representation. This isn’t abstract rhetoric; Republican leaders and grassroots activists see the amendment for what it is: a calculated move to stack the map in favor of one party.
On April 21, 2026, Virginians were asked a simple but consequential question: should the state constitution be amended to allow the General Assembly to temporarily redraw congressional districts to “restore fairness” ahead of the midterms. The ballot language and official notices make clear this would shift map-drawing authority back to politicians for the 2026 cycle before returning it to the commission after the 2030 census — a one-time cloak for a partisan end-run.
Make no mistake: Democrats are packaging this as a response to GOP mapmaking elsewhere, but what’s been proposed would likely convert a razor-thin delegation into a lopsided advantage that could cost conservatives multiple seats in Congress. Independent coverage and state analyses warned that the plan could swing several districts and hand Democrats an outsized edge in Washington if voters let it stand.
This is the same crowd that sold Virginians on an independent redistricting commission in 2020, promising to take politics out of map-making — then turned right around and wrote themselves an escape hatch when national politics shifted in their favor. It’s hypocrisy dressed up as emergency reform: voters didn’t hand lawmakers a blank check to undo reforms they approved to stop partisan gerrymanders in the first place.
Miyares and fellow conservatives have been blunt: Governor Abigail Spanberger told voters she had “no intention” of this rip-and-replace, then signed the enabling legislation as one of her first acts — a move Miyares called a bait-and-switch and a “monstrosity” of gerrymandering. That kind of broken promise deserves more than op-eds; it deserves a decisive response from the people who believe in fair rules, secure elections, and representative government.
Hardworking Virginians and patriots nationwide should see this for what it is: Democrats scrambling to change the rules when the game stops going their way. Conservatives who still believe in honest, transparent government must push back — vote no, hold elected officials accountable, and defend the reform voters approved in 2020 so that power stays where it belongs: in the hands of the people, not the party.
