A Virginia judge has blocked certification of the state’s newly approved congressional maps, striking down the election certification less than a day after voters backed the mid‑term redistricting

Virginia votes Tuesday on its 5th congressional map in two census cycles, a change that could hand Democrats 10 of 11 seats in Washington.

Virginia is the latest front in an unprecedented coast-to-coast redistricting war, with voters on Tuesday set to determine whether to accept or reject a Democratic plan to dramatically redraw the state’s congressional maps and help shape the midterm elections.

A judge voided the results of Virginia's state referendum, barring lawmakers, at least temporarily, from implementing a new congressional map.

The state’s voters approved a map that could give Democrats four more House seats, putting the party on more even footing in the nation’s redistricting war.