VA Judge blocks redistricting referendum result

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

A Virginia circuit court judge on Wednesday issued an order blocking the results of a congressional redistricting referendum that could net Democrats four extra seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2026. Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones, in a statement, vowed to fight the order issued by Tazewell County Circuit Court Judge Jack Hurley, a Republican appointee, a day after Tuesday's referendum approved the newly drawn districts.

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Bummer Gaslighter ...

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Oh if there were some way a plaintiff could appeal....

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-04-22 11:00 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Republicans ignoring the will of the voters.

It must be a day that ends in Y.

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-04-23 07:59 AM | Reply

It Won't Stand.

It's a Yokel Judge in Tazewell,the most Primitive Part of the State.

Sure to be Appealed.

I Guess he might be Upheld by the Appeals Courts.

I don't see Why though.

#3 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-04-23 10:00 AM | Reply

FTR: This districting did not "begin in Texas" ... It began in '22 in NEW YORK and, before that, in all of New England (which has 0 GOP seats), Illinois (crazy gerrymander), and Oregon, which in 2020 did an outrageous gerrymander, creating a 5 to 1 map.

#4 | Posted by MSgt at 2026-04-23 10:05 AM | Reply

All Perfectly Legal.

So why isn't this?

The Texas Gerrymander is also Legal.

What's Special about this Virginia Gerrymander?

What makes it Illegal?

Partisan Yokel Judicial Activism.

It Won't Stand.

It's a BS Ruling.

If this stands All the other Gerrymanders are Illegal Too.

Unless there's,"Corruption" in Government.

#5 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-04-23 10:15 AM | Reply

This is the same Judge who tried to block it before.

And he got slapped down TWICE by the state supreme court over it.

#6 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-04-23 10:34 AM | Reply

#4 looks like this dips*^% got his chain email talking points. At least it's not some sh*^ty screenshot of some stupid lame attempt at a meme ...

#7 | Posted by jpw at 2026-04-23 10:48 AM | Reply