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Judge finds Virginia Democrats’ redistricting resolution illegal
Judge Jack Hurley Jr. found multiple procedural violations in the amendment process, blocking a referendum that aimed to redraw Virginia’s congressional districts before the 2026 election.
- 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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plaindealerin.comJudge finds Virginia Democrats' redistricting resolution illegal; Gov. Moore backs map in Maryland
A Virginia judge has ruled that a proposed constitutional amendment letting Democrats redraw the state’s Congressional maps was illegal. The decision deals a setback to the party’s efforts to pick up seats in the U.S. House in November. Tazewell Circuit…
·Lancaster, United States
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Virginia Democrats' redistricting resolution illegal due to technicality, judge finds
The judge also said the Democratic-led legislature failed to follow its own rules in adding the redistricting amendment to a special session, calling that “a blatant abuse of power.”
·Washington, United States
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