Science Denier said:
Dems are pissed. They've already maxed out their gerrymandering and can't counter unless they do something stupid like Virginia.
Your balloon is full, Dems.
Science Denier said:
Dems are pissed. They've already maxed out their gerrymandering and can't counter unless they do something stupid like Virginia.
Ag1188 said:How do you exist? Lol. Dems put it up to a vote in their response to Trump rigging Texas… And none of the republican states put it to a vote. Straight dictator-like gerrymandered further and further as Dems have to chase you tit-for-tat like you'd do too if Dems mid-decade gerrymandered like Trump started in order to win the midterms as he openly said. Talk about cheating. Good God.captkirk said:aggiehawg said:2026NCAggies said:
So Virginia SC might shoot down the redraw and are leaning that way, is that what I am reading?
Will be epic
The process that was used ignored the commonwealth's constitution and statutes. The process will be struck down. For that reason, the vote results cannot stand.
That is not say the Dems cannot try it again, they just have to follow the proper procedure.
Dems tried to cheat
I'd wager Trump's mid-decade cheating is something he learned from Viktor Orban who Trump & JD campaigned for. Orban is who we found out was funding the major Republican pro-Trump group TPUSA…so being funded from Hungary by Putin's puppet Orban. Lol still wild.
And you guys talking begging for democrats to be constrained by their own laws passed to prevent gerrymandering. As you gerrymander every state by mandate by governor like mini-dictators of the far-right.
The implications of this are huge for 2026.
— CA ET Nerd (@earlyvotedata) May 8, 2026
I’ll do another post on the math later, but essentially the odds for Rs to keep the house got dramatically better. https://t.co/37ZYUXmxKz
nortex97 said:
Done!The implications of this are huge for 2026.
— CA ET Nerd (@earlyvotedata) May 8, 2026
I’ll do another post on the math later, but essentially the odds for Rs to keep the house got dramatically better. https://t.co/37ZYUXmxKz
Amen said the choir.
aggiehawg said:JDUB08AG said:
Wait, you're saying that people voted in this election before this new redistricting measure got dropped on the ballot, basically preventing them from voting on it?
So there was basically a new ballot for those that didn't vote yet?
No. VA law requires the state assembly pass a measure to amend the constitution. Then there needs to be another election, state assembly passes it again, then it can be put to the voters. There is also a 90 day pre-election posting requirement.
So the question is which was the first election and then which was the second election in which the voters could be presented the question under state law.
There was a special session that had been called for only budgeting issues before the 2025 election. Early voting for that election was already underway when the Special Session added the redistricting issue within their session. Commonwealth argues that since the actual election day had not occurred, the early voting didn't count as far as being the first passage. Election day itself was the requisite date.
Kind of in the weeds but to amend the state constitution should not be a quick and easy process. VA just made it quicker and easier by violating their own laws.
🚨 Virginia Democrats indicate that they will appeal today's ruling invalidating the redistricting referendum to the United States Supreme Court.
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) May 8, 2026
They ask the Virginia Supreme Court to withhold its mandate. pic.twitter.com/RUHVSSUT4u
The US Supreme Court has long held that state Supreme Courts have the final word on the meaning of State Constitutions.
— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) May 8, 2026
VA Dems appeal is going nowhere.
Ag1188 said:How do you exist? Lol. Dems put it up to a vote in their response to Trump rigging Texas… And none of the republican states put it to a vote. Straight dictator-like gerrymandered further and further as Dems have to chase you tit-for-tat like you'd do too if Dems mid-decade gerrymandered like Trump started in order to win the midterms as he openly said. Talk about cheating. Good God.captkirk said:aggiehawg said:2026NCAggies said:
So Virginia SC might shoot down the redraw and are leaning that way, is that what I am reading?
Will be epic
The process that was used ignored the commonwealth's constitution and statutes. The process will be struck down. For that reason, the vote results cannot stand.
That is not say the Dems cannot try it again, they just have to follow the proper procedure.
Dems tried to cheat
I'd wager Trump's mid-decade cheating is something he learned from Viktor Orban who Trump & JD campaigned for. Orban is who we found out was funding the major Republican pro-Trump group TPUSA…so being funded from Hungary by Putin's puppet Orban. Lol still wild.
And you guys talking begging for democrats to be constrained by their own laws passed to prevent gerrymandering. As you gerrymander every state by mandate by governor like mini-dictators of the far-right.
There seems to be much mis-reporting in the media about the Virginia Supreme Court decision and the "partisanship" of the Justices involved.
— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) May 9, 2026
MY UNDERSTANDING based on my research is that the Virginia Governor has no role in the selection of Justices for the Court. They are…
Ellis Wyatt said:
Your posts are toxic.
DenverAg91 said:
I didn't know Jim Schlossnagle was behind the Virginia redistricting efforts
northeastag said:
I hope all of my fellow republicans remember that they still need to get and vote on election day to make this whole gerrymandering thing work.
nortex97 said:
Note, the VA legislature appoints the justices; they are going to nuke the court (functionally) in 2027 so this doesn't happen again.
samurai_science said:nortex97 said:
Note, the VA legislature appoints the justices; they are going to nuke the court (functionally) in 2027 so this doesn't happen again.
I would hope the R would as well if they had power. The Rs need to do the same in the other states. No mercy, grind the Democrats to dust.