RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- The Virginia Senate has followed the Virginia House of Delegates in passing a proposed Constitutional Amendment on Friday that could allow lawmakers to redraw Virginia's congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Currently, Virginia's congressional maps are drawn by a bipartisan redistricting commission every 10 years after each new census -- most recently in 2020. The new law will now also allow lawmakers to redraw maps at mid-decade intervals through 2030.

Republican lawmakers have expressed their criticism, calling the amendment a "power grab" that ignores the Virginia voters who approved a bipartisan redistricting process five years ago. Earlier this week, GOP members from the redistricting commission filed a civil suit attempting to block the spe

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