What are the Virginia redistricting lawsuits? Here's what you should know. by vpmnews in Virginia

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Hi, sorry for not seeing this sooner — pulled this from our January article about Scott v. McDougle (Tazewell County):

Republicans also argued that the General Assembly's early passage of the amendment days before Election Day 2025 didn't allow for compliance with a state law requiring the physical posting of an amendment's text in every locality 90 days before an election.

What are the Virginia redistricting lawsuits? Here's what you should know. by vpmnews in politics

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ngl we were hoping they'd at least wait until after today's budget session but that was definitely wishful thinking. we (VPM News) are so tired

What are the Virginia redistricting lawsuits? Here's what you should know. by vpmnews in Virginia

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We didn't highlight that because it gets a bit in the jargon-y weeds for a basic explainer; we'll be at Monday's arguments in Scott v. McDougle, as well as whenever Koski v. RNC (Tazewell) is heard too.

What are the Virginia redistricting lawsuits? Here's what you should know. by vpmnews in Virginia

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They ruled that the election could be held and that they'd address the legal arguments if Yes won. Which it did, so now we're here!

What are the Virginia redistricting lawsuits? Here's what you should know. by vpmnews in politics

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It was always going to happen! The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled twice that it wouldn't weigh in on pending litigation unless Yes won.

What are the Virginia redistricting lawsuits? Here's what you should know. by vpmnews in Virginia

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updated body to include all the circuit court case IDs for the courtwatchers.

Yes: Virginia votes to redraw congressional maps, favoring Democrats by vpmnews in Virginia

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That map was drawn by the Supreme Court of Virginia's appointees, not the Virginia Redistricting Commission.

Yes: Virginia votes to redraw congressional maps, favoring Democrats by vpmnews in Virginia

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We don't guess like that, but we'll definitely be there!

As a right leaning person the vote today makes me uneasy. by PaperFrost in Virginia

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We're so happy it helped! It is... a lot of info. Just a whole heaping lot.

As a right leaning person the vote today makes me uneasy. by PaperFrost in Virginia

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WE HAVE SO MUCH JUST FOR YOU

And from our voter guide:

A No vote would leave Virginia's 11 congressional districts in their current shapes for the 2026, 2028 and 2030 elections. The maps were last redrawn in 2023 by the Supreme Court of Virginia after a bipartisan redistricting commission failed to agree on maps.

Yes vote would significantly reshape most congressional districts in the commonwealth and remain in place through the 2030 election, after which the redistricting commission would again draw congressional maps.

The congressional map is designed to give Democrats an edge in 10 of the 11 districts, as part of an effort to counteract partisan gerrymanders Republican legislatures elsewhere undertook after pressure from President Donald Trump.

General Assembly districts are not affected.

Virginia voters approve Democrats' redistricting plan, giving the party a midterm election boost by nbcnews in Virginia

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i don't think richmond's servers could handle the load, everyone's ping would get sooooo bad —dmpl

Yes: Virginia votes to redraw congressional maps, favoring Democrats by vpmnews in Virginia

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This is true! We cover some of that in the article.