The Virginia Supreme Court delivered a significant blow to Democrats on Friday, striking down a voter-approved congressional redistricting plan that aimed to bolster the party's standing in this year's midterm elections. The 4-3 ruling found that the state's Democratic-led legislature violated procedural requirements when it placed the constitutional amendment, authorizing the mid-decade redistricting, on the ballot. While voters narrowly approved the amendment on April 21, the court's decision renders that vote null. Justice D. Arthur Kelsey, writing for the majority, stated that the legislature submitted the proposed constitutional amendment to voters "in an unprecedented manner." He added, "This violation irreparably undermines the integrity of the resulting referendum vote and renders it null and void." Democrats had hoped to secure as many as four additional U.S.…