US EditionVirginia Lawmakers Criticize Anti-Redistricting Mailer with Jim Crow-Era Images
Democrats and civil rights groups condemn mailers using Jim Crow imagery to oppose redistricting referendum, citing misleading tactics targeting Black voters, Attorney General said.
- In Virginia, campaign mailers funded by Democracy and Justice PAC used Civil Rights–era and Jim Crow imagery to urge opposition to the referendum amid early voting that began on Friday, March 6.
- The April 21 referendum would allow lawmakers to redraw congressional districts, potentially giving Democrats an advantage in 10 of Virginia's 11 districts.
- Records show the mailers feature Civil Rights–era imagery and Ku Klux Klan photos alongside text comparing the referendum to Jim Crow, with filings indicating similarly named PACs sharing 123 Bulifants Blvd., Williamsburg.
- The Virginia Attorney General, the NAACP Virginia State Conference, and House Speaker Don Scott condemned the flyers as misusing Civil Rights history and false, saying the Civil Rights Movement should not be used as a political prop.
- Campaign disclosures initially did not identify who was behind the PAC but a Monday filing named A.C. Cordoza, and donor reports briefly misattributed a $10,000 gift, leaving funding questions.
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