Virginia Supreme Court throws out redistricting referendum results
Source: Axios
The Virginia Supreme Court overturned the results of the state's redistricting referendum, which voters narrowly approved last month.
Why it matters: The ruling upends one of the most closely watched redistricting fights in the country.
It follows months of legal challenges over whether the referendum was unconstitutional.
The big picture: The decision effectively blocks Democrats from redrawing congressional maps mid-decade.
Read more: https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2026/05/08/virginia-supreme-court-redistricting-vote-decision
displacedvermoter
(4,961 posts)GreenWave
(12,773 posts)Checking.
GreenWave
(12,773 posts)Such shit we live in.
The Grand Illuminist
(2,058 posts)We are on high desperate times where I don't know if elections would solve this.
Martin68
(28,048 posts)GreenWave
(12,773 posts)maxsolomon
(39,120 posts)The maxim that never ends.
Javaman
(65,975 posts)When voters vote for it, its illegal
But when states like Texas gerrymander districts illegally, its legal
Jose Garcia
(3,541 posts)Marie Marie
(11,484 posts)All the GOP battles end up there and they usually rule in favor of the states. Why aren't we appealing?
Polybius
(22,101 posts)No idea of the chances, however. They would have to fast-track it for it to be overturned by November (probably would have to rule by September).
Gymbo
(184 posts)"The high court found that the amendment itself was flawed because lawmakers approved the proposal after voting had already started in the 2025 House of Delegates elections, depriving more than 1.3 million Virginians of an opportunity to weigh the issue when choosing their representatives.
The 4-3 ruling leaves the states current congressional districts which give Democrats a 6-5 advantage in place throughout the 2026 midterm election and the rest of the decade, instead of proposed districts that Democrats believed could produce a 10-1 advantage."
https://virginiamercury.com/2026/05/08/supreme-court-of-virginia-strikes-down-redistricting-amendment-keeps-current-maps-in-place/
Mysterian
(6,607 posts)Dems can redistrict after the 2026 election anytime they want.
Igel
(37,611 posts)Do nothing, and the districts stay as they are until the next redistricting, scheduled for after the next census. In other words, the districts maps are simply left in place until redistricted.
There are no current plans to change them, at least that I'm aware of.
Nobody said the current districts were "imposed" or "required to remain in place" until the next normally scheduled redistricting.
ananda
(35,453 posts)I thought I should get it while it was
still under $4.