Virginia redistricting update: Judge blocks certification of new congressional maps
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A Virginia judge has blocked certification of the state’s newly approved congressional maps, striking down the election certification less than a day after voters backed the mid‑term redistricting plan.
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Now that it’s been approved by voters, the new Virginia map will have to clear additional legal hurdles. The state attorney general’s office said it would immediately appeal a ruling from a judge in rural southern Virginia who ordered that the results of Tuesday’s vote not be certified.
A state court judge on Wednesday blocked Virginia from moving forward with a redistricting effort that passed a day earlier, a roadblock in Democrats' efforts to redraw the state's congressional maps.
A Virginia judge has blocked certification of the state’s newly approved congressional maps, striking down the election certification less than a day after voters backed the mid‑term redistricting plan.
Virginia Circuit Court Judge Jack Hurley ruled the Democrat redistricting referendum in the state was unconstitutional and blocked its certification. Attorney General Jay Jones says he will appeal.
A congressional map approved by Virginia voters that aims to help Democrats net four US House seats in November’s midterms faces another legal hurdle just one day after its passage.
WASHINGTON — A Virginia judge sided Wednesday with Republicans challenging the commonwealth’s new redistricting process for the third time, a day after voters approved a new map that would favor Democrats.
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