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US Supreme Court Turns Down Virginia Gerrymander

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Virginia to honor gerrymandered districts that favor Democrats.

This comes a week after the state’s high court issued a rebuke to the redistricting effort that would have created a map with a 10-1 party advantage. Democrats made an immediate appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

If the map had been left in place, Democrats would have likely picked up an additional four seats in the House of Representatives.

Virginia currently has an independent redistricting committee that drew a congressional map with a Democrat advantage of 6-5. However, voters in April approved a change to the state constitution to........

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