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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Dani Anguiano

Virginia court blocks voter-passed congressional maps that boost Democrats

A man sits at a table between a tri-fold pop-up blocking view of him.
A voting station in Fairfax, Virginia, on Tuesday. Photograph: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP

One day after voters in Virginia approved new congressional maps intended to make it easier for Democrats to flip four Republican House seats in the midterms, a court ruled the referendum invalid.

The proposal sought to change the state constitution to set aside the non-partisan redistricting process voters authorized six years ago until 2030, and passed by about three percentage points, 51.5% to 48.5%, according to the Virginia department of elections.

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