Virginia Supreme Court throws out redistricting results
Summary
The Virginia Supreme Court rejected a redistricting plan approved by voters because it did not follow the correct process. The court’s 4-3 decision keeps the previous congressional map with a 6-5 seat division instead of the new 10-1 map favoring Democrats.Key Facts
- The Virginia Supreme Court made the decision on a redistricting referendum.
- The court ruled 4-3 against the new map.
- The new map would have given Democrats 10 out of 11 congressional seats.
- The previous map had a 6 to 5 split favoring Democrats.
- The court said the process for approving the new map was not proper.
- Because of this, the new map is considered invalid.
- The ruling keeps the older map in effect for congressional districts.
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