Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington, said Virginia should start thinking about substantial changes to the process before the next redistricting in 2030 to regain the confidence of voters who sought change. The commission, he said, “failed in every respect to do what the majority of Virginians thought would be the best way forward.”

Virginia’s redistricting commission’s failure to transcend partisanship has lessons for other states, critics say (Washington Post)