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Virginia Judge Blocks State’s New Redistricting Map One Day After Vote, by Elise Winland – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Elise Winland, Zeale, April 23, 2026

A Virginia circuit court judge on April 22 blocked the state’s newly approved congressional redistricting map, issuing an injunction that prevents state officials from “certifying the results” and from taking “any actions to give effect to the proposed constitutional amendment.”

In a decision issued one day after voters passed the new map, Judge Jack Hurley of the Tazewell County Circuit Court declared the amendment and the referendum “void ab initio” (“void from the start”) and deemed “any and all votes for or against” the proposed measure “ineffective.” …

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