Very different story in states like Virginia, where they actually had a vote on the new maps. People voted. And guess what? Voters approved a redistricting plan to fight back against the staggering Republican assault on our democracy. A narrow majority on the Virginia Supreme Court tossed [the redistricting plan] aside. An awful, awful decision, in my view. And now the United States Supreme Court has taken another wrecking ball to the Voting Rights Act, a law that for generations helped protect many communities from having their voices diluted and their power stolen. (56:41–56:46)
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Asserts that the Virginia Supreme Court rejected a voter-approved redistricting plan.
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