"Virginia's Democratic attorney general, Jay Jones, said Friday night that he would redouble efforts to campaign on behalf of Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections following the US Supreme Court's rejection of a request to restore a voter-approved congressional map."
"Following the high court's one-sentence denial of Democratic state officials' petition for emergency relief, which they had filed to block the state Supreme Court's ruling against a congressional map that passed via ballot measure last month, Jones said he would be "working tirelessly to support our Democratic candidates so we can win control of the House in spite of Republicans putting their thumbs on the scale.""
"The decision "leaves in place the deeply flawed ruling from the Supreme Court of Virginia, which overturned the results of a lawful election and erased the will of millions of Virginia voters," said Jones."
"It also served as "yet another profoundly troubling example of the continued national attack on voting rights and the rule of law by [President] Donald Trump, Republican state legislatures, and conservative courts," said the attorney general."
Virginia’s Democratic attorney general, Jay Jones, said he will redouble efforts to campaign for Democratic candidates in upcoming midterm elections after the US Supreme Court denied a request to block a Virginia Supreme Court ruling. The denial followed a one-sentence rejection of Democratic state officials’ petition for emergency relief aimed at stopping the Virginia high court from overturning a congressional map approved by voters through a ballot measure. Jones said the decision leaves in place a flawed ruling that overturned a lawful election and erased the will of millions of Virginia voters. He characterized the outcome as part of a national attack on voting rights and the rule of law involving Donald Trump, Republican state legislatures, and conservative courts.
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