Virginia Supreme Court denies motion to certify redistricting referendum vote
Virginia’s Attorney General Jay Jones requested the Supreme Court of Virginia to permit a brief pause so the redistricting referendum might be licensed.
WASHINGTON — Virginia’s newly redrawn political panorama will stay paused after a ruling from the Virginia Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon.
The Virginia Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a high-stakes case that might void a just lately handed referendum. Last week, voters narrowly authorized an modification to redraw the state’s congressional districts, a transfer projected to give Democrats a big 10-to-1 benefit within the US House of Representatives.
Judge Jack Hurley of Tazewell County Circuit Court dominated a day later that the referendum violated a number of of the state’s constitutional clauses, such because the 90-day public discover requirement, and referred to as the query that was offered to voters “flagrantly misleading.”
Virginia’s Attorney General Jay Jones requested the Supreme Court of Virginia to permit a brief pause so the redistricting referendum might be licensed.
The Commonwealth’s highest court denied Jones’ request on Tuesday. The Supreme Court of Virginia has solely dominated on the request for a keep and never the deserves of the enchantment.