Historic Triangle splits on redistricting vote
Updating with final vote count
Williamsburg and James City County voted in favor of a constitutional amendment to give the legislature the right to redraw the congressional map, final vote tallies from the Virginia Department of Elections show.
York County voted to keep the current bipartisan process approved by voters in 2020.
Statewide, 51.44% of Virginians voted in favor of the change, while 48.56% voted no. A larger number of localities voted against the measure, but its voters were outnumbered by more populous localities like Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads.
You can drill down into final results at the nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project’s site.
In our area, Williamsburg voters were the most enthusiastic supporters of the amendment, which will allow the Democratic controlled legislature to redraw the congressional map from its current 6/5 Democratic/Republican split to 10/1 Democratic leaning.
With final results in, 69.47 percent of Williamsburg voters favored redistricting and 30.53% voted against.
In James City County, “Yes” won by 210 votes, or 50.27% of the total, with 49.73% voting “No”. Mail-in ballots, while not as numerous as in-person early voting, overwhelmingly favored redistricting by a margin of 2,594 to 1,106 in the county.
In York, 55.92% of voters cast ballots against redistricting, and 44.08% voted in favor.