15 resultsfor “Virginia redistricting amendment voter approval”
Voters narrowly approved a Democratic-backed constitutional amendment to sideline the state's redistricting commission and let lawmakers directly implement a new map. The Virginia
redistricting race to try to hold Republican control of the House this November. The Virginia constitution required districts to be drawn by a bipartisan commission but the amendment approved by voters
voter-approved constitutional amendment, lawmakers had to propose an amendment to redraw the districts. That required approval of a resolution in two separate legislative sessions, with a state election sandwiched in between, to place
redistricting. Voters narrowly approved the amendment on April 21, but the court’s ruling renders the results of that vote meaningless. “This violation irreparably undermines the integrity of the resulting referendum vote and renders
Virginia Supreme Court could still nullify the redistricting effort](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/12/how-virginias-top-court-might-decide-democrats-gerrymandering-fate-00777364) after the April election. And, in 2020, voters approved a constitutional amendment
amendment setting the stage for the redistricting referendum. Weeks later, Democratic Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed legislation drawing a new congressional map that would take effect if voters approve
amendment [Ken Cedeno/Reuters] ## When could new maps take effect? If approved, the new map could be used as early as the next election cycle, including the upcoming midterms, depending on legal approval. However, the plan
Virginia’s mid-decade redistricting found approval with voters last Tuesday, it faces a legal challenge and the new maps are [currently paused](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/22/virginia-court-congressional-maps-redrawn). The same is likely for any map the Florida
approved a new map. With [Republicans](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/republicans) controlling the House with 217 seats to the Democrats’s 213, every vote counts, and Democrats have characterized supporting Virginia’s referendum – which would likely undo
voters have approved a redistricting measure that could hand Democrats control of the thinly-divided US House of Representatives, US media report. The state is the latest front in a national battle to redraw congressional
amendment, which DeSantis says is now invalidated, protects minority access districts and bans politically motivated gerrymandering.  an electoral map that favours Democrats. ## Gerrymandering standoff In a news conference on April 22, Jeffries hailed the vote in Virginia and accused Republicans of launching a “gerrymandering
voters central to the MAGA base, [wrote on X](https://x.com/EWErickson/status/2046772134270120366) after the amendment passed in Virginia. “Now, as drawn, the Democrats have an advantage from the redistricting fight,” he said
approval from the court and the public — and the harder it is for your party to hold the seats it has. In Virginia, some Democrats wanted to settle for a new map that could pick