A Republican-appointed judge in Tazewell County blocked Virginia from certifying the April 21 redistricting referendum just one day after voters approved it, declaring the amendment void from the start. The state attorney general immediately vowed to appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court, which had previously overruled earlier blocks of the referendum. This is one of multiple ongoing lawsuits challenging the redistricting effort—the Supreme Court allowed the vote to proceed while reviewing the core constitutional questions, so a prolonged legal fight is likely.