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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In plain English, the court found that the legislature violated the VA Constitution by passing the amendment for the first time (on October 31, 2025) after early voting had already begun. By October 31, over 40% of votes had been cast in the VA 2025 General Election. It's not that tortured of a reading and I say that as a Democrat.

Personally, my view is that "election" for purposes of the VA Constitution should be read as Election Day. The VA SC disagrees. But reasonable people can disagree. That said, it's a pathetic joke if any of the judges in the majority consider themselves "Originalists" or "Textualists." They just inferred a whole lot of intent in the VA Constitution. [/quote]

As the dissent points out, the VA constitution also says that no one can be compelled to be a juror, witness or suitor during “an election.”  Since election now means the entire 90 day period of early voting and there are often one or more elections per year, VA courts will be effectively shut down for a quarter or more each year.[/quote]

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