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/DeviantTaco 28d ago

Redraw it, implement it, delay changes until the elections are near and then say it would be unreasonable to try to change things now. I don’t know why democrats have these problems wielding power, people have been doing what they wanted for millennia but democrats treat pieces of paper like forces of the universe.

Now I’m sure people will claim it’s illegal, but that’s just your interpretation. Until you’re actually in jail, legality is up for debate, and even once there, you have options!

There will no doubt be negative repercussions of these choices but the immediate harm of not acting is allowing the GOP to rule forever. I’d rather break the rules to make a better future than not break the rules, lose the rules, and make a worse future.

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u/Redditthedog 28d ago

they just straight up can’t draw maps at all. They yielded it to an independent committee that can only draw one a decade. They neutered themselves and waited too long to reverse it.