So grateful to you all for all of the hard work.

Welcome everyone. Thank you for joining in tonight's session.

Can everyone be sure to put questions in the Q&A rather than the chat? I don’t want to miss anyone!

What is a realistic expectation in terms of a time frame?

Everyone, we are asking all questions go in the Q&A tab. This will help us keep track of the questions effectively. Thank you

Link to the statute re SCOVA that Greg is talking about: https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title30/chapter62/section30-399/

I am here because I am angry... I was an early supporter of an independent redistricting committee, and was representative of onevirginia2021 at Greenspring retirement community after brian cannon spoke on our campus... but then came the amendment which created a legislative commission, not an independent, citizens commission.... I joined mark levine in opposition to the amendment, because it is NOT an independent commission... and now we have seen the outcome.... and I call it a failure! and now I assume that every 10 years in perpetuity, we will go thru this same charade, and end up in the court... so I am angry.... and brokenhearted... patricia mcgrady, springfield, age 85

Link to the Rules for SCOVA: https://www.vacourts.gov/courts/scv/article_2_section_6a_rules_procedures.pdf

I love Moon. You are the best!

https://districtr.org

Ms McGrady,I don't plan to get angry until and unless we don't get fair maps. That, after all, is the goal.

Thank goodness! I am SO over CityGate.

Can you give some more detailAbout the 11 districts that were cited there? How did you chose those? I think you explained already but I didn’t catch it

It is hard work to push against 400 years of gerrymandering. Just glad we have made a stand and started to turn the tide.

Jahd, the visualization we presented showed the black voting age population, from highest to lowest, for each of the 11 of VA’s congressional districts. One of the takeaways from that visual was that algorithms can help detect departures from “normal” in districting plans.

Glad to see the email. My community of 40+ civic associations can send one specific comment to that email. We do have some specific asks.

This webinar is providing some (much needed) comfort.

This panel is fantastic. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, expertise, and perspective.

Oh...very good point. Think what the Commonwealth can do with the $5M we are saving.

I am learning SOOOOO much tonight about the history and so much more. I feel so much better!!! Thank you!!!!

Thank you all for attending We hope that you found this update and information helpful.

Moon had to leave but has offered that folks can email contact@mggg.org with any questions we didn’t get to. plus we still have Todd!

It's beenvery helpful

Outstanding presentations and information. Thank you. Very beneficial. Hope the recording is available to share.

Ryan Snow (You): To what extent do you anticipate SCOVA will instruct the Special Masters to consider the Commission’s work, adopted criteria, etc., including anything the public submitted to the Commission, either as a starting point or at all?

We will share a link to the recorded event later.

Thanks!

NBNRO wants to thank all of you for joining us tonight. We will continue to update the public on our NBNRO Facebook page.

Thanks everyone -- great session and very helpful! Looking forward to the updates as we move forward.

Thank you all!

director@onevirginia2021.org

https://lwv-va.org/redistricting/ for updates on the League of Women Voters website. Our blo g about meetings and hearings are here: https://lwv-va.org/category/redistricting-alerts/redistrictingblog/

If you have questions for NBNRO, National Black Nonpartisan Redistricting Organization at info@nbnro.org

Thank you so much for the very informative session and thank you for all your work and commitment.

i’ll also save the Q&A and the chat and we will try our best to get answers to you all!

NBNRO YouTube page - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nbnro

Thanks so much for this informative webinar!

I hope Greta Harris knows that she is our hero. She had a tough place and did a GREAT job. I hope she is ok.

Thanks so much and I look forward to more sessions

onevirginia2021foundation.org/events (recordings of previous trainings as well) :)

Liz, you are GOLD!