US EditionJudge finds Virginia Democrats’ redistricting resolution illegal
Judge rules Democrats violated procedural rules in redistricting amendment, halting April referendum and requiring full compliance before resubmission, impacting 6 Democratic House seats.
- On Tuesday, Tazewell County Circuit Court Judge Jack S. Hurley Jr. ruled a proposed constitutional amendment letting Democrats redraw congressional maps was illegal and declared it invalid and void.
- Hurley found that lawmakers failed to follow their own rules by adding the amendment during a special session and exceeded the session's scope, noting no intervening House of Delegates election because early voting had begun.
- Republican Senate Minority Leader Ryan McDougle sued in Tazewell County after lawmakers advanced the resolution in October less than a week before statewide races and passed it again earlier this month.
- The ruling prevents the legislature from holding the proposed public referendum, blocking the vote, while Virginians for Fair Elections and Virginia Democratic leadership said they intend to appeal, affecting Virginia's U.S. House delegation split of six Democrats and five Republicans.
- The decision comes amid nationwide mid-decade redistricting fights as State Democrats' late-2025 effort aims for new maps for the 2026 elections, but ongoing litigation leaves prospects uncertain.
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Federal Judge Rules Virginia Redistricting Effort Is Illegal
Source: PAUL J. RICHARDS / Getty Virginia’s redistricting effort is facing a legal setback after a federal judge ruled the Grand Assembly’s process was illegal. According to AP, Tazewell Circuit Court Judge Jack Hurley Jr. found that the Virginia Grand Assembly didn’t follow the proper procedures when introducing the constitutional amendment that would allow them to engage in a mid-decade redistricting effort. Virginia announced its redistricti…
Court Delivers MAJOR Blow to Democrat Gerrymander Efforts
by William Upton, The National Pulse: WHAT HAPPENED: A Virginia state appeals court has issued an injunction blocking the implementation of legislation adopted by Democrats in the state general assembly that would put a partisan gerrymandered congressional map on the state ballot as a referendum in late April. 👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Virginia Court of Appeals, the Virginia Supreme Court, Virginia […]
Virginia Judge Blocks Democrat Redistricting Plan That Would Have Created 10-1 Congressional Map
It feels like we’re watching a slow-motion demolition of the Republic. The Chardonnay-and-CNN crowd constantly lectures us about imaginary “threats to democracy,” all while their... The post Virginia Judge Blocks Democrat Redistricting Plan That Would Have Created 10-1 Congressional Map appeared first on Patriot Journal.
Rep. Beyer has ‘mixed feelings’ on redistricting during his reelection bid
U.S. Rep Don Beyer (D-Va.), currently seeking a seventh term in Congress, says he has "mixed feelings" on Virginia legislators' redistricting proposal that is being blocked by a state judge. Beyer, who represents Arlington and several neighboring localities in the 8th Congressional District, told ARLnow the current maps approved through the 2021 redistricting process made
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