Virginia U.S. House District Lines Again Invalidated by 3-Judge U.S. District Court

On June 5, a 3-judge U.S. District Court again invalidated Virginia’s U.S. House district boundaries. Here is the decision in Page v Virginia Board of Elections, e.d., 3:13cv-678. The vote was 2-1.

The decision finds the boundaries of the Third District to be faulty, but of course the boundaries of one district can’t be altered without also altering the boundaries of other districts. The same court had invalidated the boundaries in October 2014, but then the U.S. Supreme Court had issued a somewhat similar decision from Alabama and had asked the lower court to rehear the Virginia case to take into account the reasoning of the Alabama decision. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.


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