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Top Virginia Democrats have decided against exercising a controversial procedural end run around last week’s state Supreme Court ruling that struck down their redistricting, which wiped away a gain of four House seats, the Democratic leader of the state Senate told The New Republic.

The decision—which nixes a complicated idea, discussed over the weekend by Democrats, to replace the state Supreme Court and get the case reheard—is likely to anger rank-and-file Democrats who had hoped the party would respond aggressively to the ruling, which has made it more likely that Republicans hold the House this fall.

The decision also contrasts sharply with moves undertaken by many GOP state legislatures in the South, who are aggressively gerrymandering their states with wild abandon to erase decades-old majority-majority seats from existence, after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key Voting Rights Act protection against racial gerrymanders.

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[-] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 117 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

As expected. Dealing with the Republican voter suppression and takeover of Congress would require the Democrats have something resembling a spine.

...is likely to anger rank-and-file Democrats

But Republicans will approve which will be more than good enough for elected Democrats.

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