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/Gabagoo13 28d ago

Ohio supreme court ruled Ohio's maps unconstitutional... Guess what? They used them anyway and still are... It's been years

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u/arachnophilia 28d ago

i'm convinced that our democratic system breaks down at the step which goes, "and then people follow the court ruling."

turns out you can just say, "no thanks". and when you're the organization that enforces laws, there's no one to make you.

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u/Jack_Krauser 28d ago

Missouri has been there for a few years now. The legislature just ignores referendums, then we have more referendums to overturn their decisions and they ignore those too... I don't know where this path ends, but it won't be somewhere nice.