The Virginia Supreme Court’s decision to block a Democratic redistricting attempt hinged on technicalities around what constitutes an “election.” CNN’s Word of the Week explores the ruling.

Virginia voters narrowly approved a Democrat-backed redistricting plan last week, granting Democrats a sizeable boost in their attempt to take four additional U.S. House seats in the midterm elections ...

The Supreme Court of Virginia invalidated a voter-approved redistricting referendum on Friday, ruling that lawmakers failed to follow the constitutional process required to place the measure on the ...

The 2026 Virginia General Assembly appropriated $5 million for the election in legislation shepherded by Virginia Democrats who control both the Senate and the House of Delegates. It covered election ...

State officials had asked the justices to step in to allow the state to use a congressional map in the midterms that was drawn by Democrats and recently approved by voters. By Abbie VanSickle ...

Democratic officials in Virginia asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to reinstate a congressional map that would benefit their party ahead of this year’s midterm elections, the latest map drawing ...

Virginia Democrats lost the congressional map they hoped would help them win as many as four Republican-held seats in this ...

Virginia Supreme Court justices on Monday questioned whether the state's Democratic-led legislature complied with constitutional requirements when it sent a congressional redistricting plan to voters, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration by Alberto Mier/CNN Virginia’s Supreme Court dealt a blow to Democrats last week in the tit-for-tat redistricting war ...