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Virginia voters will head to the polls starting Friday to weigh in on a plan to redraw the congressional map in response to GOP gerrymanders in other states after a court ruled Monday that election preparations can move forward.
A county judge in Virginia has blocked voters from deciding whether Democrats can redraw the state’s congressional map to counter mid-decade partisan GOP gerrymanders in other states.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) has asked a Virginia court to stop voters from deciding whether Democrats can redraw the state’s congressional map.
In a big win for Virginia Democrats’ efforts to counter President Donald Trump’s GOP gerrymanders in other states, the Virginia Supreme Court said the state can hold its special election on the redistricting plan.
Virginia Democrats have unveiled their plan to pick up four more seats in Congress, giving the public their first look at a map meant to counter President Donald Trump’s gerrymandering gains in GOP-controlled states.
Virginia Democrats’ efforts to counter President Donald Trump’s redistricting gains across the country scored a procedural win Wednesday, when the state court of appeals hurried the case to the state supreme court.
Judge Jack S. Hurley, Jr. granted the motions for preliminary and permanent injunctions sought by Republican state lawmakers and a member of the state’s redistricting commission. The General Assembly’s vote to amend the state constitution back in October was null and void, he ruled.
A federal court ruled that Virginia’s lifetime voting ban for people with certain felony convictions violates federal law.
From California to Virginia, this was a good week for voting rights and fair elections. And we kept you up to date on all of it.
The Justice Department sued Virginia for refusing to hand over unredacted voter registration data, making it the 24th state targeted in a sweeping federal campaign that courts have already begun to shut down.