Virginia’s Top Court Blocks Democrats’ New Congressional Map
Sample ballots and voter information signs at a polling location during early voting on a proposed constitutional amendment in Falls Church, Virginia on March 20.
Photographer: Graeme Sloan/BloombergThe Virginia Supreme Court has blocked state officials from using a new congressional map approved by voters this year that was poised to help Democrats gain additional seats in the US House.
The state’s highest court ruled on Friday that the legislature’s process for pursuing the new map violated Virginia’s Constitution and ordered that an earlier version be used in the upcoming midterm elections.