Top Virginia Democrat’s Office Raided In FBI Probe

At one point, the justices acknowledged that courts allowed the vote to be held despite ongoing legal challenges.

He stated that the General Assembly has control over its own procedures and that there is nothing in the Constitution preventing lawmakers from acting as they did during the special session.

Attorneys for Democratic legislative leaders urged the Virginia Supreme Court to uphold the amendment and allow the new map, arguing that voters and lawmakers had followed every step required by the state Constitution

Seligman maintained that the legal definition of “election” supports the state’s position that the amendment was passed before the relevant November election.