Bipartisan redistricting exercise contrasts with legislature’s work 
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Tags: General Assembly, Gov. Bob McDonnell
(AP) The commission Gov. Bob McDonnell sanctioned to recommend compact, common-sense voting districts to the General Assembly met earlier this month week in a Capitol room full of spectators, a chair propping its door wide open.
Across Capitol Square, the legislative office suites and work rooms where a handful of lawmakers actually redraw the political boundaries ...
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