Until her effort to gerrymander her state by violating Virginia’s constitution plays out in court, Democrat Governor Abigail Spanberger plans to use the current map of districts when early voting begins this year.
Spanberger’s voter-passed initiative was set to boost Democrats’ advantage in the U.S. Congress from 6-5 to 10-1, but the Virginia Supreme Court ruled her methods violated the state’s constitution. The governor has now asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up her appeal on an emergency basis – which is unlikely, given that the nation’s high court defers to state supreme courts in matters regarding state constitutions.
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