Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

WHOA: Virginia Supreme Court Slams Brakes on Democrats Pushing to Certify Gerrymandering Election Results
Twitchy ^ | 4/28/26

Posted on 04/28/2026 9:41:12 AM PDT by CFW

In a rare bit of good news for anyone tired of bureaucratic fast-tracking in election matters, the Virginia Supreme Court just told the state’s Department of Elections and Attorney General 'not so fast.'

The high court denied an emergency stay of last week’s Tazewell County Circuit Court ruling that bars the Board of Elections from certifying the results of Virginia’s redistricting referendum — at least for now.

(Excerpt) Read more at twitchy.com ...


TOPICS:
KEYWORDS: courts; gerrymandering; redistricting; virginia

Click here: to donate by Credit Card

Or here: to donate by PayPal

Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794

Thank you very much and God bless you.


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041 next last
This is a promising sign.
1 posted on 04/28/2026 9:41:12 AM PDT by CFW
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: CFW
Image
2 posted on 04/28/2026 9:42:01 AM PDT by CFW
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: CFW
The high court denied an emergency stay of last week’s Tazewell County Circuit Court ruling that bars the Board of Elections from certifying the results of Virginia’s redistricting referendum...

That dizzying sentence makes my head spin. How many negations can be crammed into once sentence? When I encounter something like that, it's hard to decipher whether it's good or bad news.

3 posted on 04/28/2026 9:46:04 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ( )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ProtectOurFreedom

DEEEEEEEnied!


4 posted on 04/28/2026 9:49:48 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: ProtectOurFreedom

Legal documents are great at double or even triple negatives.

But this Order says that the previous Order from the lower court putting a hold on the referendum results remains in effect—for now.


5 posted on 04/28/2026 9:50:28 AM PDT by CFW
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: All

The high court denied an emergency stay of last week’s Tazewell County Circuit Court ruling that has the legal effect of barring the Board of Elections from certifying Virginia’s redistricting referendum...


6 posted on 04/28/2026 9:53:21 AM PDT by Liz (Jonathan Swift: Govrnment without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery .)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: ProtectOurFreedom

Thank you!!! This shitty grammar is so common today that it drives me crazy.


7 posted on 04/28/2026 9:54:06 AM PDT by EliRoom8
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: CFW

I like the idea that the retrocession of Alexandria and Arlington in 1846 was unconstitutional.

Make DC great again!


8 posted on 04/28/2026 9:56:42 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et des phrases)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EliRoom8

It’s not so much shitty grammar as the twisted, convoluted “thinking” that goes into legal cases and reviews. As CFW said, “Legal documents are great at double or even triple negatives.”

Stays, emergency rulings, temporary rulings, overturning lower courts, upholding lower courts, restraints, injunctions, and lots more. What a crazy edifice is the law.


9 posted on 04/28/2026 10:11:22 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ( )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Jim Noble

The current joke is “Make DC square again”.


10 posted on 04/28/2026 10:12:02 AM PDT by Locomotive Breath
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: CFW

This means the Dems, as plaintiffs, have failed to make the case for irreparable harm (although not being able to change elections in time seems pretty irreparable); or, the court judges them unlikely to succeed on the merits.


11 posted on 04/28/2026 10:45:21 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Locomotive Breath; All

Definitely related news:

“Thousands of Appalachian voters flip from Democrat to Republican, narrowing registration lead”

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/thousands-appalachian-voters-flip-democrat-republican-narrowing-registration-lead

A wave of party switching in West Virginia is reshaping the state’s political landscape, with tens of thousands of voters — including more than 16,000 Democrats — registering as Republicans since early 2024, according to new data released by the secretary of state.

West Virginia Secretary of State Kris Warner reported that 68,235 voters have changed party affiliation since Jan. 31, 2024, signaling a significant shift ahead of the state’s May 12 primary election.

Among the biggest changes, 16,910 voters switched from Democrat to Republican, while another 20,003 unaffiliated voters also moved to the GOP, according to the data.


12 posted on 04/28/2026 10:49:04 AM PDT by CFW
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: EliRoom8

And it is a short drive nowadays?


13 posted on 04/28/2026 10:53:54 AM PDT by Eli Kopter (ED)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: CFW
A wave of party switching in West Virginia

Anything is better than being a commie and West Virginians know the Dem party has become Communist.

14 posted on 04/28/2026 10:53:58 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: CFW
the Virginia Supreme Court just told the state’s Department of Elections and Attorney General

Just as in last week.

15 posted on 04/28/2026 10:57:00 AM PDT by webheart (Notice how I said all of that without any hyphens, and only complete words?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ProtectOurFreedom

And this sentence isn’t the only “dizzying” one. It’s been said that the ballot proposition itself also was written in a dizzying fashion to purposely confuse voters.


16 posted on 04/28/2026 10:59:29 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: mikey_hates_everything

How many of those now former dems were all in with Robert KKK Byrd?

The remaining dems will use that like a hammer aginst the the republicans


17 posted on 04/28/2026 11:00:57 AM PDT by shotgun
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: mikey_hates_everything

BREAKING: Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted again by the U.S. Department of Justice


18 posted on 04/28/2026 11:01:35 AM PDT by CFW
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: ProtectOurFreedom

The certification of election results has been halted but the merits of the appeal can proceed.


19 posted on 04/28/2026 11:01:58 AM PDT by vivenne (7Come to think of it. Fact.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: webheart

the Virginia Supreme Court just told the state’s Department of Elections and Attorney General
Just as in last week.


No. Just as in today. Look at the date of the Order from the VA Supreme Court. The order last week was from the Circuit Court judge. The State had asked for the Circuit Court’s order to be lifted. Supreme Court today said “No”.


20 posted on 04/28/2026 11:03:37 AM PDT by CFW
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson