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results overnight or the next day. ## What are voters being asked to decide? The proposed constitutional amendment is the only statewide contest on the ballot. It reads: “Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended
Virginia’s two-step amendment process, with an intervening election, is so voters can know whether legislative candidates support or oppose a proposed constitutional amendment, McCarthy said. He pointed to the case of Democratic voter
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
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 delegation to the U.S. House is currently six Democrats
Virginia struck down the congressional redistricting approved by voters in April. The ruling is a major setback for Democrats' attempt to counter the pro-GOP reshuffling of voting maps led by President Trump. Commonwealth voters
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
Virginia Friday](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/08/nx-s1-5805193/redistricting-virginia-trump-midterms) nullified the results of a special election on April 21, where 1.6 million Virginians approved redistricting that [Democrats hoped would win](https://www.vpm.org/generalassembly/2026-05-08/scova-redistricting-reactions-miyares-spanberger-kilgore-surovell-scott-trump) them four more House seats
result in three additional competitive districts but no net gain for Republicans. House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York threatened a wider front in Florida if they enacted redistricting legislation. “If Florida Republicans proceed
Virginia, and California. The decisions in those cases mostly benefitted the Republican party. The four-page unsigned opinion Tuesday seemed to many election law experts to encourage more, not less chaos, as did the court
Amendment enforcement power,” Alito wrote, referring to the section of the US Constitution that prohibits intentional racial discrimination. Justice Elena Kagan joined the two other liberal justices in dissenting. She warned the ruling will have
amendment created could not agree on the maps, they were drawn by two experts nominated by lawmakers from each party and hired by the state supreme court. If the referendum passes, that process would
result in Democrats gaining four seats in the U.S. House. Democrats won in a landslide in the 2025 gubernatorial election, but Virginia is still a fairly purple state, and Tuesday's redistricting vote seems
results will be a test of Trump's power of political retribution. "This was a top political priority of President Trump's and [he] was very clear about that," said Marty Obst, a long-time
Virginia will not sit on the sidelines while it happens." ### An Indiana senator said no to redistricting, and others followed *By* [*Benjamin Thorp*](https://www.wfyi.org/people/benjamin-thorp)*, WFYI* It seemed likely last fall that Indiana lawmakers