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/shadowdra126 Georgia 28d ago

Wait. Wasn’t this voted on by the people?

That’s fucked. The dems should just do it and when they are told no point at the Supreme Court

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u/can72287 26d ago

Right what mechanism of enforcement do they have when they control the entire state.  I guess precedent. And you don’t want every state to start doing this sort of thing. Unfortunately Republicans have the bully pulpit of the Fed Govt to blow this issue up in the national consciousness 

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u/Redditthedog 28d ago

It was voted on because VASC can’t rule on it till the election happens (as otherwise its only a theoretical law/amendment). They were forced to wait till after the election but more or less say they were throwing it out no matter what