Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats’ redistricting plan, dimming party’s midterm hopes
The ruling keeps Virginia’s current congressional map in place and blocks a plan that could have given Democrats up to four additional U.S. House seats.
- On Friday, The Virginia Supreme Court struck down a voter-approved Democratic congressional redistricting plan, ruling the General Assembly violated procedural requirements when placing the constitutional amendment on the ballot.
- The court ruled that lawmakers failed to approve the amendment before early voting began for the general election, rendering the April 21 referendum vote null and void due to procedural violations.
- Democrats had hoped to win four additional House seats under the redrawn map, attempting to offset Republican redistricting efforts in other states that President Donald Trump encouraged last year.
- Under the plan, five districts would have been anchored in northern Virginia, while revisions to four districts across Richmond, southern Virginia, and Hampton Roads would have diluted conservative voting power.
- This decision arrives amid a nationwide battle for midterm election advantages, amplified by a recent Supreme Court ruling that weakened the Voting Rights Act and bolstered Republican redistricting efforts.
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The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down the Democrats’ congressional redistricting plan, effectively nullifying the results of the April 21 vote on the referendum. […] Source
Supreme Court of Virginia says redistricting congressional map won’t go into effect
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- The Supreme Court of Virginia threw out a controversial mid-decade redistricting referendum that voters narrowly approved last month, meaning the new congressional map won't go into effect. On Friday, May 8, the Supreme Court of Virginia ruled against Virginia Democrats' contested redistricting proposal that would have redrawn the state’s congressional map mid-decade, giving Democrats up to 10 seats and Republicans one in…
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