UPDATE — April 25, 2026: The amendment passed at the polls on April 21 with 51.59% Yes (1,588,298) to 48.41% No (1,490,564) — a margin of just under 100,000 votes out of 3.08 million ballots cast. The next day, April 22, a Virginia circuit-court judge issued an injunction blocking certification of the result. Attorney General Jay Jones (D) has announced his intent to appeal. As of this writing the amendment is approved by voters but its implementation is on hold pending appellate review.
Washington Post / Schar School poll (March 26-31, 2026): Support 52%, Oppose 47%. The actual result tracked the polling closely (51.59% / 48.41%).
The April 22 injunction halts certification of the vote pending the appeal. Even if the appellate court ultimately upholds the result, the new congressional map cannot be enacted until certification is permitted to proceed. RESOLUTE Citizen will update this issue as the court schedule develops.
This amendment was a power grab dressed in the language of fairness, and the voters of Virginia narrowly approved it. Virginia voters in 2020 had chosen to take redistricting out of partisan hands; this amendment reversed that decision and concentrates map-drawing power in a Democrat-controlled legislature that has voted to expand abortion, ban firearms, promote gender ideology in schools, and suppress parental rights. Christians who value the election of godly magistrates should understand what the YES result means if certification holds: fewer representatives who share their values in Congress, harder paths to victory for any Republican challenger, and a map drawn for the next four cycles by people who voted against every RESOLUTE Citizen criterion. The court injunction is the only remaining check; pray for righteous judges and engaged citizens. The narrow margin — under 3.2 points — is a reminder that local turnout matters; the next ballot question (and there will be one) is winnable by either side.
"The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will."
— Proverbs 21:1 (KJV)