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Abigail Spanberger: “We set up this April referendum, which is an unusual time in…”

Featuring: Abigail Spanberger, Democratic | Governor of Virginia

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'Responsive and temporary': Virginia's governor weighs in on voters approving redistricting overhaul

Published | Video Starts at 06:19

It would be temporary responsive. It explicitly preserves our bipartisan commission into the future, and then by our process, it would go to the people. So We set up this April referendum, which is an unusual time in Virginia for us to have a special election election or a referendum vote. And we made it our mission to ensure that people not only knew what that referendum was, but importantly to me as the incoming governor, to provide that transparency. (06:19–06:27)

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Asserts that Virginia held an unusual April referendum for redistricting.

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