Virginia Supreme Court throws out redistricting referendum results

[Jose Garcia]

Source: Axios

The Virginia Supreme Court overturned the results of the state's redistricting referendum, which voters narrowly approved last month.

Why it matters: The ruling upends one of the most closely watched redistricting fights in the country.

It follows months of legal challenges over whether the referendum was unconstitutional.
The big picture: The decision effectively blocks Democrats from redrawing congressional maps mid-decade.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2026/05/08/virginia-supreme-court-redistricting-vote-decision

[displacedvermoter]

1. Axios likes good news, as well...

[GreenWave]

2. I am hoping for fake news as I saw this on You Tube.

Checking.

[GreenWave]

3. It seems the bastids GOP are allowed to impose by fascism but democracy vote no.

Such shit we live in.

[The Grand Illuminist]

5. Because we allow it to happen.

We are on high desperate times where I don't know if elections would solve this.

[Martin68]

4. They invalidated my vote. I'm pissed.

[GreenWave]

6. And our five here too.

[maxsolomon]

7. IOKIYAR

The maxim that never ends.

[Javaman]

8. So in summation:

When voters vote for it, it’s illegal

But when states like Texas gerrymander districts illegally, it’s legal

[Jose Garcia]

9. California voters approved redistricting

[Marie Marie]

10. Why can't this be appealed to the US Supreme Court?

All the GOP battles end up there and they usually rule in favor of the states. Why aren't we appealing?

[Polybius]

12. The VA AG could take it there

No idea of the chances, however. They would have to fast-track it for it to be overturned by November (probably would have to rule by September).

[Gymbo]

11. According to the piece I read in the news

"The high court found that the amendment itself was flawed because lawmakers approved the proposal after voting had already started in the 2025 House of Delegates elections, depriving more than 1.3 million Virginians of an opportunity to weigh the issue when choosing their representatives.

The 4-3 ruling leaves the state’s current congressional districts — which give Democrats a 6-5 advantage — in place throughout the 2026 midterm election and the rest of the decade, instead of proposed districts that Democrats believed could produce a 10-1 advantage."

https://virginiamercury.com/2026/05/08/supreme-court-of-virginia-strikes-down-redistricting-amendment-keeps-current-maps-in-place/

[Mysterian]

13. Not for the rest of the decade

Dems can redistrict after the 2026 election anytime they want.

[Igel]

14. The article's right.

Do nothing, and the districts stay as they are until the next redistricting, scheduled for after the next census. In other words, the districts maps are simply left in place until redistricted.

There are no current plans to change them, at least that I'm aware of.

Nobody said the current districts were "imposed" or "required to remain in place" until the next normally scheduled redistricting.

[ananda]

15. I got gas for $3.96 today.

I thought I should get it while it was
still under $4.