Political powers have finally halted blatantly dangerous Virginia gerrymandering bill

Similar bills up for vote in other large states like Pennsylvania

Virginia Senate committee kills presidential gerrymandering bill

Raw Story – A Virginia Senate committee voted Tuesday to permanently kill a bill that would have aligned the state’s electoral votes with its House districts, a move critics say would have swung the 2012 presidential election for the Republican candidate despite President Barack Obama’s overwhelming victory.

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