Virginia Democrats on Monday filed an emergency application to the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the state to use a new congressional map expected to provide four additional U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterm elections.
The Virginia Supreme Court last week struck down a ballot measure that approved a constitutional amendment to create a new congressional map.
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In a 4-3 ruling, the court said the state’s Democrat-led legislature violated procedural requirements when it placed 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,” the ruling read.
“This constitutional violation incurably taints the resulting referendum vote and nullifies its legal efficacy,” it continued.
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NBC News shared further:
In the new filing on behalf of Democratic state lawmakers, Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones said that the state court “overrode
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