TAZEWELL COUNTY, VA (Rocktown Now) — A judge has blocked the new congressional map voters approved on Tuesday.

Tazewell County Circuit Court Judge Jack Hurley ruled the referendum to create the new map, which would likely give Democrats four more House seats, “violated the state constitution.”

He says it skirted a 90-day public notice requirement, and he called the question that was presented to voters “flagrantly misleading.”

Virginia’s Democratic Attorney General Jay Jones plans to appeal, saying “an activist judge should not have veto power over the people’s vote.”

The Republican National Committee calls Hurley’s ruling a major victory for Virginians.