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Virginia Supreme Court Strikes Down Democrat Gerrymander

‘Under this thesis, early Virginia voters unknowingly forfeited their constitutionally protected opportunity to vote for or against delegates who favor or disfavor amending the Constitution,’ the court wrote.

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The Supreme Court of Virginia struck down a gerrymandering attempt on Friday that would have allowed Democrats to effectively strip representation from millions of Virginians.

In a 4-3 decision, the majority noted that Democrats violated the constitution in the way it shoehorned the referendum in at the last minute, not allowing voters to have a say in whether it was even put on the ballot.

“In this case, the Commonwealth submitted a proposed constitutional amendment to Virginia voters in an unprecedented manner that violated the intervening-election requirement in Article XII, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia,” the court wrote. “This violation irreparably undermines the integrity of the resulting referendum vote and renders it null and void. For this reason, the congressional district maps issued by this Court in 2021 pursuant to Article II, Section 6-A of the Constitution of Virginia remain the governing maps for the upcoming 2026 congressional elections.”

The court also acknowledged in the first paragraph that the proposed amendment would have “authorize[d] partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts in the Commonwealth.”

Upholding the current map, that means Virginia’s congressional delegation will likely remain six Democrats and five Republicans, instead of 10 Democrats and one Republican, as the referendum would have allowed. The referendum would have also allowed........

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