This ruling , in addition to ending the race-based democrat racist gerrymandering attempts, effectively destroys the Race-o-crat redistricting effort.
Republicans get massive win in fight for House with Virginia court ruling
The state Supreme Court decision overturning Democrats' map effectively guarantees the GOP will come out ahead in the gerrymandering wars.The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday overturned the state’s redistricting ballot measure that would have given Democrats an edge in four House districts, dealing the party a massive blow ahead of the midterms.
The ruling now gives Republicans a clear lead in the gerrymandering efforts over the last year, which were further inflamed by the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act decision last week, bolstering the party’s chances of holding the House in an unfavorable political environment.
Virginia voters passed the measure last month. But the state’s top court ruled that legislative Democrats did not follow the proper procedure when rushing the referendum to the ballot.
Virginia Justice D. Arthur Kelsey, writing for the majority, said Democrats “submitted a proposed constitutional amendment to Virginia voters in an unprecedented manner” that violated state law.
The 4-3 decision means that the map used by Virginia in the 2024 elections will be used later this year. The state’s congressional delegation is currently split between six Democrats and five Republicans, with several battleground seats. The now-overturned map would have likely resulted in a 10-1 split of the delegation in favor of Democrats.
The decision means that Republicans will likely net seats in the nationwide gerrymandering battle that President Donald Trump kicked off last year when he urged Texas Republicans to redraw congressional lines there to give the GOP more seats. In a maximalist scenario, Republicans could net more than 10 seats from redrawn lines alone — with several Southern states in the midst of redrawing their own districts following a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that gutted much of the Voting Rights Act.
