[Source](https://amgreatness.com/2026/04/22/legal-challenges-teed-up-after-virginia-voters-approve-egregious-redistricting-referendum/) > irginia voters on Tuesday approved a redistricting referendum that would allow Democrats to re-draw the state’s congressional maps from a 6-to-5 advantage to 10-to-1 majority, disenfranchising potentially millions of Republican voters ahead of the 2026 midterms. > The measure, framed deceptively on the ballot as a vote “to restore fairness in the upcoming elections,” passed narrowly by a margin of 51.5 percent to 48.5 percent.