Virginia Town Crier (Richard Martin) (@lrmartinjr.bsky.social)

Virginia’s constitution requires ‘compact’ districts. Courts have balked at defining compactness. A Victorian novelist who wrote about taboo scandals invented a phrase that describes what the state’s constitutional guarantee of “contiguous and compact” districts means. https://cardinalnews.org/2026/04/17/virginias-constitution-requires-compact-districts-courts-have-balked-at-defining-compactness/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=VT%20voted%20to%20extend%20his%20term%20%20Now%20he%20oversees%20search%20for%20next%20president&utm_campaign=Friday%2C%20April%2017%2C%202026