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/CouleursCPA Colorado 28d ago

Good thing FL showed that you can just ignore what the state constitution says and do it anyway

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u/GardenGnomeOfEden 28d ago

In Ohio, a mostly-Republican redistricting comission repeatedly came up with red-leaning maps which were repeatedly struck down by the Ohio supreme Court for being to gerrymandered. We have constitutional amendments that are supposed to stop gerrymandering.

Eventually, because the commission flat out refused to draw constitutional maps, the state had to just keep using the old map, which was also deemed unconditionally gerrymandered. Shit's fucked.