Virginia Democrats suffered a major loss Friday after the commonwealth’s Supreme Court overturned its attempt at an extreme partisan gerrymander. But the case itself saw Democrats conveniently argue that the “election” is a single day for purposes of gerrymandering, but in all other cases, it is 45 days long.
In 2020, Democrats forced through changes to the way Virginia conducts elections, turning the normal “Election Day” into a 45-day voting extravaganza. Because they instituted that 45-day voting period and then tried to sneak the referendum onto the ballot after more than a million Virginians had already cast ballots 42 days into the 2025 election, Democrats were forced to defend the referendum by claiming that the “election” is only one day.
