A legal showdown is expected over the controversial referendum to redraw Congressional districts in Virginia.
GAINESVILLE, Va. — The legal battle over the future of Virginia’s congressional map intensified Wednesday as a Tazewell County circuit judge blocked the certification of a special election referendum that would have authorized a massive redraw of the Commonwealth’s political boundaries.
The ruling, handed down one day after voters narrowly approved the redistricting proposal, throws the state’s electoral schedule into uncertainty as primary elections loom in August.
The referendum, which sought to overhaul the state’s congressional districts, passed by
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