Virginia’s highest court stepped in Wednesday to let the commonwealth’s planned April redistricting referendum move forward.
The ruling from the Virginia Supreme Court paused a lower-court order that would have blocked the vote. It is the second time in as many months that the commonwealth Supreme Court has set aside a ruling from the same judge to let the referendum move forward.
Democrats in the Virginia legislature had sought the referendum to target several Republican-held House seats as part of a nationwide redistricting spree. Early voting on the referendum is set to begin Friday.
