Democrats See Chance to Regain Congressional Power Fading Fast

The court said that the Democrat majority in the state legislature earlier this year then decided to put a new politically gerrymandered map to a vote of the people

“Virginians voted by a wide margin” in 2020 “to reform the redistricting process in the Commonwealth in an effort to end partisan gerrymandering,” the ruling continued. “They adopted Article II, Section 6-A of the Constitution of Virginia to create the Virginia Redistricting Commission

“On March 6, 2026, the General Assembly of Virginia submitted to Virginia voters a proposed constitutional amendment that authorizes partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts in the Commonwealth. We hold that the legislative process employed to advance this proposal violated Article XII, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia.

This constitutional violation incurably taints the resulting referendum vote and nullifies its legal efficacy,” said the 4-3 ruling.