Abigail Spanberger: “In our special election referendum, we saw more than 3…”

“I was forcefully in support of our redistricting amendment ultimately that even after the people of Virginia voted, we have a multi step process. The General assembly, our legislature votes twice and Then it goes to the people in a referendum. In our special election referendum, we saw more than 3 million Virginians vote, and they voted in favor of a temporary responsive redistricting. And then the Supreme Court of Virginia overturned that, essentially saying that the process itself wasn't constitutional. And the Supreme Court of the United States stood with them on that, refusing to take it up.” (12:07–12:18)

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