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Virginia court puts pause on voter-passed congressional maps boosting Democrats (www.theguardian.com)

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Move comes one day after voters approved the maps, leading state attorney general to vow office will appeal

One day after voters in Virginia approved new congressional maps intended to make it easier for Democrats to flip four Republican House seats in the midterms, a court ruled the referendum invalid.

The proposal sought to change the state constitution to set aside the nonpartisan redistricting process voters authorized six years ago until 2030, and passed by about three percentage points, 51.5% to 48.5%, according to the Virginia department of elections.

But on Wednesday, Judge Jack Hurley Jr of the Tazewell county circuit court blocked the state from taking any action to implement the new districts, following a lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee. The committee had argued to the court that the timing and phrasing of the measure were illegal.

Jay Jones, the Virginia attorney general, said his office planned to appeal the ruling.

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[-] Asafum@lemmy.world 65 points 1 month ago

"It's only legal when Republicans do it."

This is what we get for only paying attention to the president when we vote. 30+ years of Republicans across the country stacking the courts with their judges. It's why the SCOTUS is the way it is as well...

[-] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Imagine if jones had lost the AG election, this would be over without appeal

[-] bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 month ago

Lol "but not that way!"

[-] Cherries@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Team Airbud is just mad the opposing team got their own dog now. Dems tried to get dogs banned from playing, but when all the legal channels to instill fairness have been blocked, you gotta train up your own dunking dogs.

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