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Dems suffer redistricting loss: VA Supreme Court blocks redrawn map

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The Virginia Supreme Court voided Democrats’ attempt to redraw the state’s US House map in an April referendum, a devastating blow to the Democratic Party’s efforts in the national redistricting battle launched by President Donald Trump ahead of this fall’s midterms.

The court ruled that the process of creating the referendum violated the state Constitution.

“The Commonwealth submitted a proposed constitutional amendment to Virginia voters in an unprecedented manner that violated the intervening-election requirement,” Justice D. Arthur Kelsey wrote in the majority opinion, referring to a provision of state law that mandates how ballot referendums can be put to voters. “This violation irreparably undermines the integrity of the resulting referendum vote and renders it null and void.”

0:00 VA Supreme Court blocks new congressional map favoring democrats
2:50 The current redistricting map + Trump responds
4:25 The panel breaks down the implications
6:49 Gov Newsom’s message in the wake of Democrats’ loss

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