Jan 30, 2013/12:24 PM

Progressive groups deliver petitions against GOP-backed redistricting | Richmond Times-Dispatch

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By Markus Schmidt

A coalition of progressive groups spearheaded by Virginia New Majority delivered more than 18,000 petitions to Gov. Bob McDonnell today, asking him to veto a surprise redistricting change if it reaches his desk.

Noah Feldman of Virginia New Majority called the change engineered by Senate Republicans “a massive power grab by the conservative state legislature that is going to attempt to steal the integrity of the people’s vote here in the commonwealth.”

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