Virginia Democrats have filed an emergency appeal with the Supreme Court of the United States after Virginia’s high court blocked a redistricting effort from taking effect, deeming it unconstitutional. 

A redistricting effort in the state had narrowly passed in an April election. The map would have made it so the state’s makeup in the House would be 10 Democrats and one Republican, up from the current makeup, which is six Democrats and five Republicans. The state’s Supreme Court struck down the map, ruling that Democratic lawmakers violated procedural rules when they got the constitutional amendment on the ballot. 

“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,” the court ruled.

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