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Virginia Congressional Redistricting: William & Mary Law’s Contribution

October 2, 2015

By: Caiti Anderson

With all of the news about Virginia’s congressional redistricting, it is a little hard to keep all of the plans straight. The proposed plans for Virginia’s redistricting are discussed in the Richmond Times-Dispatch’s September 30th article, “Breaking down the proposals on congressional redistricting.” One of the proposals described is from the William and Mary Law School’s winning team in the 2011 congressional redistricting competition. This plan specifically seeks to “unify metropolitan Richmond… as a compact, new 5th District.”

To read more about the 2011 competition, click here.