The Virginia Senate has passed a proposed constitutional amendment, allowing the state to begin congressional map redistricting before 2026.

The Virginia NAACP is backing redistricting plans to redraw the state's congressional maps, citing the protection of Black voters' representation and American democracy.

A tense second day of Virginia’s surprise special legislative session erupted Tuesday morning into partisan fireworks, as Senate Democrats and Republicans sparred over a proposed constitutional amendment that could give lawmakers authority to redraw the state’s congressional map mid-decade — a move Democrats want to push through before next week’s statewide elections.

The Democratic-led General Assembly in Virginia has approved advancing a proposed constitutional amendment that could pave the way for congressional redistricting there in response to similar efforts