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As this bill was working its way through the General Assembly, Republicans who opposed the bill (which is all Republicans) found a friendly local magistrate judge in SW Virginia -- coal country, or that is, it was coal country back when coal was something -- who ruled the proposal was illegal and no referendum could be held.

VA Supreme Court brushed him aside and said go ahead with a statewide referendum on April 21.

Now, the Republicans have moved over one county in SW VA and found a friendly judge.

HOWEVER -- there are strong arguments being made that this latest judge's "ruling" is bullshit because the Supreme Court has already ruled.

The bill will gerrymander Virginia's 11 Congressional districts away from the current 6-D/5-R into 10-D/1-R. Which may explain why the Republicans are unhappy. Speaking as a Virginia resident, my legal view is that Republicans and their local traffic court judges can all go piss up a rope.