Overview
- National GOP groups, joined by Reps. Morgan Griffith and Ben Cline, filed an emergency lawsuit seeking a temporary restraining order to stop Virginia’s April 21 referendum.
- The plaintiffs ask the court to act before March 6, when early voting is set to begin for the statewide ballot measure.
- The suit argues the referendum’s language is deceptive and that the amendment process violates the state constitution and statutes.
- Virginia’s Supreme Court last week let the vote proceed for now while it fast-tracks a related appeal and considers the measure’s legality afterward.
- A Tazewell County judge previously flagged procedural defects in how lawmakers advanced the amendment, and Democrats’ proposed map is reported to aim for as many as 10 Democratic U.S. House seats out of 11.