Virginias högsta domstol underkänner ny karta för kongressval

Virginias högsta domstol har slagit fast att en nyritad karta för kongressval, som förespråkades av demokraterna, är grundlagsvidrig. Domstolsbeslutet upphäver resultatet av ett extraval och innebär att delstaten behåller sina tidigare gränser.

Beslutet, som fattades med röstsiffrorna 4–3 under fredagen, konstaterar att processen för att ändra delstatens grundlag stred mot kravet på mellanliggande val enligt artikel XII, sektion 1. Domstolen uttalade att det tillvägagångssätt som användes av delstaten undergrävde integriteten i folkomröstningen och gjorde den ogiltig.

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