Stealing an Election as We Watch

Spanberger to Biden: “You think you know how to steal an election? Hold my chablis, and watch what I can do.”

The Phony Moderate, Governor Abigail Spanberger, and her Democrat allies are trying to steal an election. But not just a single election. That would the child’s play. Their play is to rig the system to steal one election and then use it to scoop up other congressional seats. They hope to accomplish this by misrepresenting the nature of a Democrat-sponsored amendment to Virginia’s Constitution, all in the name of “fairness.”

There is more than one way to steal an election.

The title includes the proposition that Phony Moderate Governor’s efforts are, in effect, to “steal” an election. Democrats consistently sneer and attempt to deplatform anyone who has the temerity to suggest that maybe, just maybe, Joe Biden’s and the Dems stole the 2020 election. Because some readers may roll their eyes and immediately tune out (or unsubscribe) when they see references to “stolen elections,” bear with me while I begin with a short explanation why it is both fair and accurate to refer to “stolen” elections in a way not traditionally done.

As with skinning cats, there is more than one way to steal elections, and the new form of electoral thievery takes a variety of forms. The old-fashioned tactics of phony voter registrations, forged ballots, votes case by dead people, and litigation over hanging chads have been supplemented by new forms of asymmetrical election warfare.

For example, in 2020 a cabal of 51 reptilian operatives crawled out of the deep state intelligence swamp to lend their signatures to their now-infamous letter intending to persuade the American voting public that the Hunter Biden laptop story was Russian dezinformatsiya. Post-election polling showed that their subterfuge likely affected the votes of a sufficient number of voters to swing the election in Biden’s favor. And some of the participants, such as former CIA Director Michael Morrell who drafted the letter, have subsequently admitted that they did it “Because I wanted him [Joe Biden] to win the election.” There is no dispute about the purpose of the letter — to swing the election and elect Biden. Thus, it is not an exaggeration to say that the false letter enabled the election to be stolen.

In 2024 the electoral warfare reached new heights, even though it ultimately was unsuccessful in stealing the election for Harris/Walz. The efforts to steal the 2024 election by non-traditional means included the coordinated criminal prosecutions of then-candidate Trump, efforts to debank and deplatform the candidate and his supporters, the raid on Mar-A-Lago; and the steps that many blue states took to keep Trump from even appearing on the ballot. All these and more can fairly be characterized as attempts to steal the election even though they failed to achieve their ultimate goal.

Dezinformatsiya and election theft with a Virginia twist

Phony Moderate Spanberger and her Democrat lieutenants in the General Assembly have come up with a new twist. They have been and are trying to rush through an amendment to the Virginia Constitution that likely will ensure that over 90% of Virginia’s congressional seats will go to Democrats, even though the Virginia is a “purple” state with roughly half of its voters casting their ballots for the GOP.

Their proposal is being submitted to the voters for approval of the amendment. A special election is scheduled for April 21, but early voting has begun already. I voted last week in Goochland Virginia. Before voting, I was only vaguely aware of the details or nuances of what was going on with the proposed amendment. Not having followed it closely, I knew only that the Democrats were attempting to stack the deck with a constitutional amendment that would dilute GOP representation in the Commonwealth.

It was not until I went to vote and then did some homework that I should have done earlier, that I realized the depth of the scam that Phony Moderate and her allies were trying to pull. Here is my ballot.

Note that the sole question on the ballot in this special election is whether the Constitution of Virginia should be amended. The text of the amendment is not provided. The ballot includes only a description of its supposed purpose:

to allow the General Assembly to temporarily adopt new congressional districts to restore fairness in the upcoming elections ….

Rubbish.

Congressional redistricting in Virginia

The present eleven Virginia congressional districts were established in 2021 in accordance with the Constitution of Virginia, which provides, “The Commonwealth shall be reapportioned into electoral districts … in the year 2021 and every ten years thereafter.” This sequence is set to allow the Commonwealth to apportion in accordance with the most recent U.S. census, which is conducted on years ending in zero and every ten years thereafter. So, the next regular redistricting is constitutionally mandated to occur in 2031.

Because this timing for redistricting is set by the Constitution of Virginia, any changes to it must be made by a formal constitutional amendment.

Under present law, the congressional districts are drawn by the Virginia Redistricting Commission. By law, the 16-member Commission must include an equal number of Republicans and Democrats.

Ms. Phony Moderate jettisons that bipartisanship in the proposed constitutional amendment.

The process and requirements for Amending the Virginia Constitution

Constitutional amendments must be approved by Virginia voters. Whenever a proposed amendment is to be on the ballot for approval, an explanation of the amendment must be made public at least 90 days before the election, so that the voters have time to become familiar with the proposed changes to their Constitution. Virginia Code 30-19.9 specifically provides,

The explanation shall contain the ballot question, the full text of the proposed constitutional amendment, and a statement of not more than 500 words on the proposed amendment. The explanation shall be presented in plain English, shall be limited to a neutral explanation, which may include a brief statement on the effect of a “yes” and “no” vote on the question but shall not include arguments submitted by either proponents or opponents of the proposal.

The complete Explanation of the current proposed amendment is available here. It includes the question to be submitted to voters on the ballot:

Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to allow the General Assembly to temporarily adopt new congressional districts to restore fairness in the upcoming elections, while ensuring Virginia’s standard redistricting process resumes for all future redistricting after the 2030 census? [my bolded emphasis]

It also includes this:

The proposed amendment would give the General Assembly the authority to redraw one or more of Virginia’s congressional districts before 2031 in limited circumstances. In the event that another state redraws its own congressional districts before 2031, without being ordered by a court to do so, the General Assembly would then be able to redraw Virginia’s congressional districts. The General Assembly’s power to do so would continue until October 31, 2030, and the Virginia Redistricting Commission would reassume the responsibility of drawing the congressional districts in 2031.

That portion of the Explanation satisfies the neutrality requirement of Virginia Code 30-19.9, but the text of the question on the ballot, with its claimed intent to “restore fairness” does not. After all, why would any voter want to vote against a constitutional amendment that will restore fairness?

“To restore fairness” ???

Who will do it?

Phony Moderate Spanberger recorded a video available here throwing her support behind the constitutional amendment. She made clear that the pitch for fairness had nothing to do with “restoring fairness” of which Virginians mysteriously have been deprived. She first claimed that she “supported the formation of Virginia’s bipartisan redistricting commission in 2020” and that her support supposedly “has not changed.” She sounds like a reasonable moderate, right? Well, maybe so, except that it is not true. Instead of the “bipartisan redistricting commission” with its 50-50 split between Democrats and Republicans, she supports redistricting that has now been done by the General Assembly, which is dominated by Democrats by a margin of 85 - 55 (total for both the House and Senate chambers). Does anyone dare to venture a guess how “fair” the redrawn map will be?

So, when Spanberger claims to occupy the “moderate” ground by supporting the bipartisan commission, she is not being truthful. That is one example that shows why she is the “Phony Moderate.”

What is the intended result?

The intended result is most definitely not some restoration of absent “fairness” in Virginia elections. The intention clearly is to stack the deck in a way that excludes Republican and conservative voices from the national political arena.

The current balance of representatives in the House favors Democrats by a 6-5 margin over the GOP. That seems roughly fair in view of the fact that Virginia went for Biden over Trump in 2020 by 51% to 49% and Trump over Harris in 2024 by 50% to 48%. (All figure are rounded to the nearest percentage point.)

The plan has been in the works for a while. Politico reports that Virginia’s Democratic House Speaker Don Scott also previously said he’s open to a 10-1 map that favors his party. And Virginia state Senate President Pro Tem Louise Lucas (no relation) recently posted on social media, “I said in August of 2025 that the maps will be 10-1 and I’m sticking with that today.”

The widely accepted projections are that the redrawn congressional districts will move Democrats from a 6-5 edge over Republicans to a 10-1 blow-out advantage despite the back-and-forth statistical tie between the two parties. That is what is known as “restoring fairness.”

Who is the amendment really intended to benefit?

After claiming the mantle of moderation, Governor Phony then made clear what was behind the proposed amendment, and it is not a quest for fairness for Virginia or Virginians. In the video linked above she justified her abandonment of the bipartisan redistricting commission saying,

What has changed is what we’re seeing in states across the country. And a President who says he’s entitled to more Republican seats before this year’s midterms…. And Virginia has the opportunity to take action in response…. It’s directly in response to what other states have decided to do.

So, the amendment has nothing — absolutely nothing — to do with “restoring” voting rights or “fairness” that somehow supposedly has been lost in Virginia. Rather, some other states, both blue and red, have engaged in off-cycle redistricting and Governor Phony feels compelled to have Virginia jump in. She is following in the footsteps of Gavin Newsome and California, which currently enjoy a 43-8 Democrat advantage. But we need to amend the Constitution of Virginia to restore lost fairness?

State Rep. Don Beyer, who claims to oppose gerrymandering (another phony) represents the deep blue 8th District, which is the heart of “progressive” liberalism in Virginia. Beyer admitted that the process may be unfair in Virginia, but it is for the greater good:

It’s not a done deal by any means…. We have to effectively make the case that even though this seems unfair in Virginia, it’s totally fair for America, for those of us who believe that taking back the House is the most significant thing we can do to stop Donald Trump.

So, even though it “seems unfair in Virginia” it is “totally fair” for American to make sure that Democrats can take back the House, even if the result is to make Virginia politics look more like California. That is why the Constitution of Virginia must be amended. And cui bono? It will not be Virginia citizens but will be Democrat politicians and their donors once they are back in power.

In closing, are the Dems “restoring fairness” or stealing elections?

“Restore fairness?” The special election ballot’s description of the proposed amendment clearly is worded in a way to fool many voters. The misleading ballot is just another tactic in their efforts to steal elections and deny any semblance of proportional representation for Virginia conservatives.

If you still think that it is a bit of a stretch to call out these shenanigans as stealing an election, please consider this analogy. In virtually all walks of life, other than politicians trying to get elected, if someone deprives another person of money or other valuables by means of false or misleading statements, then both civil litigants and government prosecutors do not hesitate to label that as fraud. And if someone profits from such fraud, we do not shrink from saying that they have stolen something valuable from the victim. In this instance, the Spanberger Dems are attempting to gain something with their misleading ballot language that not only is valuable, but that is essentially priceless: Virginian’s rights to vote in fair elections without having the process tilted by outright deception.