A Virginia circuit court on Tuesday struck down a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at giving lawmakers the option to redraw congressional districts mid-decade, dealing a major setback to Democratic legislative leaders who say the change is needed to respond to partisan gerrymandering in some Republican-led states and had hoped to put the measure before voters in an April referendum.

Check out live results of a special election in Fairfax County, Virginia, Tuesday to fill an open seat in Virginia’s House of Delegates for District 17.

The House of Delegates voted along party lines Monday to pass a bill scheduling a voter referendum on the proposed redistricting constitutional amendment. The bill also would repeal an old part of state code that requires clerks of circuit courts to post proposed constitutional amendments on courthouse doors 90 days before the next House election.

A Virginia state Democrat is working to ban immigration agents from operating near polling places with a new bill.

Virginia’s Democratic-led General Assembly is advancing a constitutional amendment to allow redistricting ahead of the midterm elections

The Democrat-controlled Senate passed all four constitutional amendments on Friday and can now be placed before voters in a statewide referendum later this year.