A Virginia judge on Thursday sided with national and local Republicans who challenged the commonwealth’s effort to have a referendum on mid-decade redistricting, temporarily pausing the effort.
The ruling, which temporarily stops election officials from carrying out a redistricting referendum in April, came after a hearing Thursday in a lawsuit brought by the Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee and several GOP House members from the commonwealth.
It represents the second time in weeks that Judge Jack Hurley Jr. of the state Circuit Court of Tazewell County in southwestern Virginia has ruled against the redistricting effort.
