The Virginia Supreme Court denied a request by the state attorney general to strike a lower court’s ruling that blocked the certification of the state’s redistricting referendum outcome until the legal process concludes.
If certified, the redrawn map would favor Democrats in 10 out of 11 of the state’s congressional districts. Currently, the U.S. House makeup from the Old Dominion is six Democrats and five Republicans.
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones filed the request on April 24 after Tazewell Circuit Court Judge Jack Hurley ruled April 22 that the state’s referendum, approved the day before by 51 percent to 49 percent of voters, was invalid….