Politics and Nearing Deadline Underlines Conflict on Redistricting CommissionLawyers hired by the Virginia Redistricting Commission have advised the body to revise existing maps rather than start from scratch, the co-chair of the commission said in a committee meeting Tuesday. The question of whether the next voting districts are totally new or just modifications of the current districts looks like it will cause some conflict between the members that do and do not hold elected office. The commission is split in half between those two types of members. Jahd Khalil | August 4, 2021