{"id":2601023,"date":"2026-05-10T23:18:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T03:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-dems-make-glaring-errors-in-rushed-court-motion-to-save-gerrymandering-scheme\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T23:18:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T03:18:23","slug":"virginia-dems-make-glaring-errors-in-rushed-court-motion-to-save-gerrymandering-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-dems-make-glaring-errors-in-rushed-court-motion-to-save-gerrymandering-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Dems Make Glaring Errors In Rushed Court Motion To Save Gerrymandering Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvirginia-dems-make-glaring-errors-in-rushed-court-motion-to-save-gerrymandering-scheme%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2601023&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Virginia Democratic motion asking teh state Supreme Court to pause its ruling that voided the 2026 gerrymandering referendum contains <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >multiple apparent spelling mistakes<\/a>. The filing, submitted by attorney General Jay Jones, House Speaker Don Scott, and Sen. Louise Lucas through their counsel, reportedly misspells \u201cVirginia\u201d and \u201csenator\u201d on its first page in the case caption, with additional typos in the text (including \u201cVirgnia\u201d and \u201csentator\u201d).  <\/p>\n<p>The motion was filed after the court ruled 4-3 that the referendum was not placed on the ballot according to constitutional procedures. Democratic and Republican leaders responded sharply on social media and in statements-House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries criticized the decision as unprecedented and undemocratic, while Republican National committee chair joe Gruters called it a \u201cHUGE WIN FOR ELECTION INTEGRITY.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Virginia Democrats\u2019 motion urging the state supreme court to temporarily halt its order against the 2026 gerrymandering referendum appears to include two major typos.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones, alongside Virginia House Speaker Don Scott and Virginia Sen. Louise Lucas, represented by legal counsel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtkr.com\/news\/politics\/jay-jones-va-democrats-file-motion-asking-state-supreme-court-to-pause-decision-to-void-redistricting-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">petitioned<\/a> the Supreme Court of Virginia to delay its order which struck down the gerrymandering referendum. The <a href=\"https:\/\/ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com\/2b\/71\/3e1c39da41d8b6d5e601f3e77280\/2026-05-08-joint-motion-to-delay-issuing-mandate.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">joint motion\u2019s<\/a> first page misspells \u201cVirginia\u201d in the section identifying the plantiff and, just below it, misspells \u201csenator\u201d when identifying the defendants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDON SCOTT, in his official capacity as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaker of the <em>Virgnia<\/em> House of Delegates, et <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">al.,\u201d the motion submitted by Virginia Solicitor General<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  Tillman Breckenridge opens, before also misspelling the defendant\u2019s title as \u201csentator.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The motion was filed Friday night after the court ruled 4-3 the referendum was not placed on the ballot in accordance with constitutional procedures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jones\u2019s office did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Several individuals on social media were quick to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Stormkloud\/status\/2053109843167187122\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pan<\/a> the typos included in the motion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learning to spell Virginia would be a start,\u201d one X user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MatthewClarkEsq\/status\/2052897307511660661\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a>, along with a screenshot of the motion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWaiting for someone else to notice the glaring misspelling,\u201d another person <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elijahhaahr\/status\/2052882704689991780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted<\/a> on X.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response to the Supreme Court of Virginia\u2019s decision, Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, in a Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/jeffries.house.gov\/2026\/05\/08\/leader-jeffries-statement-on-supreme-court-of-virginia-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a>, claimed that \u201cdecision to overturn an entire election is an unprecedented and undemocratic action that cannot stand.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAGA Republicans have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-leader-calls-gop-voter-efforts-racist-cites-civil-war-crenshaw-fires-back-five-words\/\" title=\"Dem Leader Calls GOP Voter Efforts Racist, Cites Civil War. Crenshaw Fires Back Five Words.\">adopted voter suppression<\/a> as a strategy, as also evidenced by far-right extremists on the Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act to open the door to a Jim Crow-like attack on Black representation across the American South,\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jeffries added. \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are exploring all options to overturn this shocking decision.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters wrote in a Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChairmanGruters\/status\/2052756113687199990\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> posted to X that the ruling was a \u201c<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HUGE WIN FOR ELECTION INTEGRITY.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. 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