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Why some Virginia voters find redistricting ballot question confusing - WTOP News
- Virginia voters report confusion surrounding the redistricting ballot question due to conflicting mailers and TV ads, underscoring a nontraditional ballot format.
- Experts note voters tend to focus on candidates, making constitutional questions like redistricting harder to parse.
- Some residents invest time into researching the ballot and discuss it with friends to decide how to vote.
- Voters report receiving many mailers and ads that they perceive as disinformation or misrepresentations of past administrations’ words.
- Voters must do careful research because the ballot format departs from typical party-ticket ballots.
- Local election officials report residents calling after voting, believing they may have voted incorrectly due to new ads.
- Scholars suggest voters find it easier to judge candidates than ballot measures, contributing to confusion about redistricting questions.
- Voters encounter mixed messaging that references high-profile figures or historical periods, including Obama and Jim Crow imagery.
- The NAACP Virginia State Conference condemns the effort as a coordinated misinformation campaign targeting Black Virginians.
- Some flyers circulated Jim Crow era imagery, including depictions of the Ku Klux Klan, to discourage support for redistricting.
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