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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Virginia Democrats’ emergency request to revive a voter-approved plan that would have allowed the state to redraw its congressional map in response to Republican gerrymanders in other states.
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) said the state will hold its 2026 congressional elections under its current 2021 map, even as Democrats wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether to pause a ruling that nullified the state’s voter-approved redistricting referendum.
Virginia Democrats have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause a state Supreme Court ruling that invalidated a voter-approved constitutional amendment aimed at redrawing the state’s congressional map in response to Republican gerrymanders in other states.
Democratic leaders harshly criticized the Virginia Supreme Court Friday after it threw out a special election in which voters approved the state legislature’s plan to redraw congressional districts and fight back against President Donald Trump’s wave of partisan gerrymanders in GOP-led states.
The Virginia Supreme Court has approved a GOP bid to throw out the results of a special election in which voters approved a new congressional map proposed by Democrats.
Virginia state Sen. Louise Lucas (D) — a leading architect of Virginia’s recent voter-approved congressional redistricting plan — blasted the FBI raid on her office as an act of political intimidation.
Federal agents raided the office of Virginia state Sen. Louise Lucas — one of the most powerful Democrats in the state and a leading force behind Virginia’s newly approved congressional redistricting plan.
It’s no exaggeration to say this was among the worst weeks for voting rights in our history.
The state’s highest court is weighing whether to nullify the vote for good.
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