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Delegate Boucher proposes citizensconvention for redistricting; supporters call it antidote to gerrymandering
House of Delegates Rules and Executive Nominations Committee · March 17, 2026
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Summary
HB 56 would transfer redistricting authority to an elected body of 188 nonpartisan citizens who would draw districts after each census; sponsor said it restores citizen sovereignty while witnesses called it an important check against one-party control.
Delegate Chris V. Boucher presented House Bill 56, a proposal to transfer redistricting authority to a citizens convention of 188 elected, nonpartisan delegates who would hold hearings in counties and draw legislative and congressional maps. The sponsor said participants would be barred from running for the seats…
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