RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Republicans have asked a federal court to delay Virginia’s 2019 primary schedule for three months to enable the U.S. Supreme Court to settle a redistricting lawsuit.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that House of Delegates Speaker Kirk Cox also formally asked the court Wednesday to suspend efforts to redraw 11 House districts found to be racially gerrymandered. A court-appointed expert is scheduled to file a redrawn map by Dec. 7.
Republicans have appealed the gerrymandering ruling to the Supreme Court in an attempt to prevent a more Democratic-friendly map. A Supreme Court ruling isn’t likely to come until May or June. Legislative primaries are scheduled for June 11. Cox wants them rescheduled to Sept. 10
Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam said Wednesday he hopes the outstanding legal issues are quickly resolved.
Like a child, trying to postpone his mandated bedtime, coming up with an endless series of “clever” ploys to trick his parents into letting him have his way.
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We need time to figure out how we will rig the election if the court ruling doesn’t go our way
So when republicans redraw districts they get used until the appeals are completely exhausted. When impartial experts redraw districts, they get used until the first apeal starts, and then the old districts get used again.
Got it.