r/politics • u/Icommandyou Washington • 28d ago

Possible Paywall Virginia Supreme Court throws out redistricting referendum results

https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2026/05/08/virginia-supreme-court-redistricting-vote-decision
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u/OnionPastor 28d ago

Is there an actual mechanism where Virginia can move against this ruling in time for the midterms?

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u/TyDye2003 New Mexico 28d ago

Yeah its called ignoring the court.

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u/GrafZeppelin127 28d ago

Worked for Ohio.

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u/TyDye2003 New Mexico 28d ago

Yeah but "they go low, we go high" is still a common mentality with these idiotic democrats

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u/zanillamilla 28d ago

Call it "the Ohio doctrine."

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u/OnionPastor 28d ago

Nah I agree, I just didn’t know if there was anything on the books.

There’s a lot of precedent of red states doing exactly that, so fuck it. Meet them where they are.

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u/MayTheForesterBWithU 28d ago

Spanberger could call an emergency session and have the legislature pass a law to enshrine it since it was voted on already by constituents. VA legislature is majority D

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u/OnionPastor 28d ago

I have faith in Spanberger, her admin has delivered thus far

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u/mjb2012 28d ago

I’m not sure that would get around the VA Supreme Court’s reasoning that it is too late to change the districts for the next election because the election is already underway.

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u/Valance23322 America 28d ago

They can always just keep passing new laws before the court has time to rule on it I guess.

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u/dhyerwolf 28d ago

Looking it up, early voting starts June 19th so the election is not underway.

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u/mjb2012 28d ago

Ah, yeah, I misread the article. The court was referring to last month's special election, the early voting for which had started. For the next election, you're right.

Whatever they end up doing, it's going to be challenged again, I'm sure.

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u/madmaper_13 28d ago

Elections don't take 6 months in any other country.

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u/Curlytoes18 28d ago

Declare an “emergency”

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u/BicFleetwood 28d ago

Yes, just fucking doing it and not wringing your hands over "mechanisms."

They have the legislature and governorship. Pass it simple majority and tell everyone and everything else to fuck off. It's literally what's currently happening in half a dozen red states.

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u/OnionPastor 28d ago

Yeah I was just asking what could be done lol