The Virginia Supreme Court denied an effort on Tuesday to resume certification of last week’s referendum to enact a new congressional map friendly to Democrats, as the Old Dominion’s highest court continues to weigh the legality of the vote itself.
Last week, a Tazewell County Circuit Court found Democrats in the state legislature violated multiple laws in rushing the referendum to voters for an April election. The judge in the case barred state officials from certifying the election, halting efforts to enact the new congressional map. Virginia’s Democratic attorney general, Jay Jones, urged the state Supreme Court to pause the lower court’s order and allow certification of the election to resume, a request the commonwealth’s high court denied on Tuesday.
