The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down a voter-approved redistricting plan that Democrats hoped would add four House seats. The 4-3 ruling cited a procedural error in how the measure reached the ballot. The decision comes amid a broader wave of Republican-led map changes in Southern states.
The court nullified results from an April 21 special election backed by 1.6 million voters. Lawmakers had followed the wrong process for placing the constitutional amendment on the ballot, the justices said. The existing map, which splits the state's delegation six Democrats to five Republicans, will remain in place for now.
