The Virginia Supreme Court has denied Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s attempt to certify the results of her redistricting constitutional amendment referendum, a procedural step Spanberger had scheduled for today. Now the court has more time to decide whether the governor violated the commonwealth’s Constitution in her mad dash to alter it. The arguments in Virginia’s high court did not go well for her on Monday.
The Virginia Constitution and state law are crystal clear. Before amendments can be added to the Constitution, they must pass through two separate sessions of the General Assembly, with a general election of the House of Delegates occurring between the two votes. Between those two votes, the clerk of the House must transmit the text of the proposed amendment to every circuit court clerk in the commonwealth at least 90 days before the amendment is voted on. The language used on the referendum ballot must be
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