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The glaring error in the Virginia Supreme Court’s gerrymandering decision

Campaign signage showing Virginia's current electoral map alongside the proposed electoral map at a Republican Party volunteer table outside a polling location in Burke, Virginia. | Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images By a 4-3 vote, the Virginia Supreme Court just struck down that state’s recently enacted congressional maps, which were intended to give Democrats four additional seats in the state’s congressional election after the upcoming midterms. The state enacted these new maps to cancel out Republican gerrymanders in Texas and other red states. Both the majority opinion and t...