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May 8, 2026: The case of McDougle V Nardo, The Virginia Supreme Court ruled in favor of McDougle and nullified the ballot referendum election held on April 21.
May 11, 2026: Commonwealth’s Attorney Jay Jones submitted an emergency appeal to the US Supreme Court to intervene and overturn the Virginia Supreme Court’s ruling on the April 21 ballot referendum.
May 15, 2026: Chief Justice Roberts of the US Supreme Court, after requesting briefs from both sides of the case ruled quietly that the petition to stay the Virginia Supreme Court was denied.
What does that mean? That means that the April 21 ballot referendum has been ruled by the highest court in the land to be unconstitutional, null and void. The current maps will stay in place for the 2026 congressional election.
What Happened on April 21?!
Despite an impressive grassroots effort, the Democrats narrowly won the April 21 constitutional referendum in Virginia.
Rural Virginia showed up in force. In Clarke County and across the countryside, conservatives were energized! You were knocking on doors, making calls, flooding social media with facts, and exposing the true intent behind this measure. For a time, it felt like we were winning, especially in the early hours of the vote count. But then, as suspected, that late night dump of early voting ballots hit and the numbers flipped.
But heavy outside spending and a misleading ballot question tipped the scales. The amendment passed by less than 3 percentage points.
Massive Democratic Spending to Protect Power
Democratic operatives poured tens of millions of dollars into Virginia to defend what many view as an illegal mid-decade power grab. Reports show upwards of $60+ million spent overall, with House Majority Forward, a Washington, D.C.-based 501(c)(4) advocacy arm tied to House Democratic leadership, contributing roughly $32–38 million across multiple large donations between February and April.
Their goal? To bypass Virginia’s bipartisan Redistricting Commission and ram through a new congressional map designed to flip up to four seats toward Democrats ahead of the 2026 midterms.
The Deceptive Ballot Question
The official ballot language read:
“Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to allow the General Assembly to temporarily adopt new congressional districts to restore fairness in the upcoming elections, while ensuring Virginia’s standard redistricting process resumes for all future redistricting after the 2030 census?”
Who could vote against “fairness”? That’s exactly the problem.
A more honest question would have been:
“Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to allow politicians in the General Assembly to draw new congressional districts mid-decade in order to restore Democratic control of the U.S. House of Representatives for the 2026 and 2028 elections?”
Many “Yes” votes likely came from confused or uninformed voters who took the word “fairness” at face value.
We’re Not Backing Down
We are keeping this page and the original URL live because this fight is far from over.
We believe the special session was flawed, the process violated established norms, the ballot question was deliberately misleading, and the resulting map is vulnerable to legal challenge. Multiple lawsuits are already underway questioning the constitutionality of the entire effort.
Democrats avoided putting the real question on the ballot for a reason. They know how this looks — and they know many Virginians won’t stand for it.
Rural Virginia woke up. The grassroots energy we saw in Clarke County and beyond proves that real Virginians are paying attention and ready to fight for fair elections and honest representation.
We have Won…for now.
The Virginia Supreme Court Case of McDougle V Nardo has ended in a victory for the Republicans, the rule of law and Democracy.
Stay tuned. This story isn’t finished…….The Democrats may try again to game the system and put these maps in place next year.
Click the map to see how Your district May have been affected!
Your Questions Answered
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To understand this process, let us explain what the law is:
To amend the Constitution of Virginia, a proposed amendment must first pass the General Assembly by a majority vote in both the House of Delegates and the Senate. After the next general election for members of the House, the newly elected General Assembly must pass the same amendment again. The amendment is then placed on a statewide ballot, and it becomes part of the Constitution only if approved by a majority of Virginia voters.
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It is a proposed change to the Virginia Constitution that would allow the General Assembly to temporarily redraw Virginia’s U.S. Congressional district lines before the next census in 2030.
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Redistricting is the process of drawing the boundaries for election districts. These lines determine which voters are grouped together to elect representatives.
This referendum will allow politicians to redraw US Congressional Districts in the Commonwealth of Virginia
Currently the Democrat controlled House of Delegates has a proposed map in place which will take affect immediately after the April 21 vote.
This will change which district Virginians are located.
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This amendment only affects Congressional districts (the lines that determine who represents you in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C.).
It does NOT change:
Virginia House of Delegates districts
Virginia State Senate districts
Local Board of Supervisors or City Council districts
Those state and local lines are drawn under a different constitutional process and are not part of this amendment.
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If the Vote is held up by the Virginia Supreme Court, your Congressional district could change. That means:
You will vote for a different candidate for U.S. Congress.
The political makeup of your district will shift.
Some counties, such as Fairfax, will have 5 Congressmen representing them.
It does not affect your right to vote, your voter registration, or your local elections.
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Virginia requires constitutional amendments to be passed by two sessions of the General Assembly and then approved by voters.
Democrat lawmakers proposing this amendment believe it is necessary to address concerns about “fairness” in current US Congressional maps before 2030.
They believe Virginia must redraw the congressional districts to create 4 additional Democrat leaning seats in the US Congress.
This will shift the balance of power out of the hands of Republicans into Democrats, therefore using the power of Congress to stop President Trump and his America First agenda.
Others argue that mid-decade redistricting is unnecessary, unfair for Virginia and a power grab by the Democrat controlled legislature.
Some believe Virginia should follow the law established in 2020 and take the power of redistricting out of the hand of politicians and wait until the next census, which is Virginia Law.
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Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to allow the General Assembly to temporarily adopt new congressional districts to restore fairness in the upcoming elections, while ensuring Virginia’s standard redistricting process resumes for all future redistricting after the 2030 census?”
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The Democrat-led Legislature are using this vague language to imply that the Virginia Redistricting Commission was unfair in drawing the last Congressional districts.
Also, the Democrat led legislature considers actions of other states reason enough to change our State Constitution and gerrymander the current Congressional Districts to favor the Democrats.
To gain seats in the US Congress AND to maintain complete control over Virginia AND to disenfranchise 40% of Virginia voters.
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The Virginia House of Delegates called a special session in October of 2025 to push through a Redistricting Bill, HJ4. This Special Session was an extension of the 2024 Special Session.
Then they counted the 2025 state general election as the “intervening election” even though early voting had started on March 6.
Then in the 2026 session, they pushed through HJ4 again. The Governor signed the bill the referedum was held on April 21.
BUT early voting had already started in September of 2025, therefore, according to many, the first special session was invalid.
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The legality of the ballot referendum is being considered by the Virginia Supreme Court. Many believe it was illegal because of the Special Session being called as an extension of the 2024 Special Session.
The fact that early voting had already started when the “Special Session” was calle din October of 2025.
The population had no time to learn of the ballot referendum before voting started because they voted on it DURING the election they counted as “intervening”.
The Virginia Constitution does allows amendments to be proposed by the General Assembly and approved by voters.
Many of the original lawsuits challenging the legality of the referendum are still ongoing and have yet to be resolved.
Stay tuned….
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Want to Know More?
There is a lot of misinformation by the Democratic party about what this vote really means and how it has come about. The following pages reflect organizations that have been highly involved in the passage of the nonpartisan commission to redistrict maps, and contain non-biased, fact-based information supporting the need for Virginia to remain a swing state to maintain good governance, and meaningful representation of all of its citizens.
The Department of Elections Website: constitutional Amendment Ballot Question
Virginia Legislative Information Service: official Law about the nonpartisan redistricting commission
Non-partisan Virginia Public Access Project: Redistricting 2026
Republican Party of Virginia’s Website about Redistricting
No Gerrymandering Virginia: Coalition of Citizens and Organizations Against the Constitutional Amendment
Virginians for Fair Maps
How am I impacted?!
Most of Virginia’s congressional map is impacted by the proposed changes, turning what used to be four Republican-leaning districts into only one, while also weakening three Democratic district, though still leaning heavily Democratic.
There won’t be such thing as “moderate” Virginia anymore.
The fastest way to check if your home is affected is by checking the Virginia Public Access Project 2026 Redistricting website.
Safe Seats Get Concentrated Extremes
Virginia has benefited from a pendulum of political control by passing generally moderate legislation after each party’s respective political pushback. Many congressional and state legislative districts are subject to swing under the current maps (as seen recently in the November 2025 election cycle), typically discouraging politicians from pursuing extreme positions by the most extreme members of their respective parties.
But gerrymandering fosters extremism. When a political party has safe seats, the extremists of that party have more influence while moderate and opposing view points get shut out.
The Redistricting Commission, supported by 65% of Virginians, stopped all that! But the Democrats in the House of Delegates want POLITICIANS to re- draw the maps.
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