Virginiaâs redistricting commission comes to Southwest Virginia today â at least virtually. Today is the day set aside for an online hearing to listen to what people in Southwest Virginia think about how congressional and legislative lines should be redrawn when the census numbers come out. Coming up Aug. 3 is an in-person hearing in Richmond for âcentral Virginia,â and on Aug. 5 thereâs one for âthe valley region.â Seeing as how the commission now doesnât include any representatives from west of Forest, this hearing may be the only way people in Southwest Virginia have any official say at all (whether that âsayâ gets heeded is, of course, an entirely different matter).