Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats’ redrawn US House maps, giving Republicans a win

The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday blocked a voter-approved Democratic congressional redistricting plan, dealing another major setback to the party’s nationwide battle with Republicans for dominance in this year’s midterm elections. The court ruled 4-3 that the state’s Democratic-led Legislature violated procedural requirements by putting a constitutional amendment on the ballot to authorize mid-decade redistricting….

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