Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares poured cold water on a controversial redistricting plan being pushed by Democrats in the Virginia House of Delegates with less than a week before elections.

The redistricting plan, which has put Virginia in the national spotlight as numerous states consider similar plans ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, could net Democrats three to four Congressional seats if passed. The move would also undermine a 2020 voter approved initiative to make the redistricting process in Virginia nonpartisan.

Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger indicated that she would support the plan if elected Governor of Virginia.

Incumbent Attorney General Jason Miyares, who is running for reelection, issued a legal opinion slamming the move as unconstitutional and politically motivated. (RELATED: Hashimi Doesn’t “Really Care” About Children Accessing Sexually Explicit Material)

“Allowing an amendment to be proposed and approved while a general election is underway undermines the voice of Virginia voters and violates foundational principles of Virginia constitutional law.”

Still, Democrats in the House of Delegates said the decision was justified due to similar legislation being passed in Republican states. (RELATED: Spanberger Refuses to Drop Endorsement of Jay Jones After Texts Fantasizing About Shooting GOP Lawmaker)

“I think we were absolutely empowered to be here,” Del. Rodney Willett, D-Henricot said. “This is an attack on democracy, and our hand’s been forced here. This is not our choice to be here, but with this kind of attack, we’ve got to respond.”

 Republicans in the House of Delegates have also attacked the plan, lamenting that it overturns the will of voters who passed an initiative making redistricting bipartisan, which was widely supported by Democrats at the time.

“The reason I’m leaving right now is to go to Richmond to spend the next week, the next five days, potentially overturning the will of the voters as it relates to the redistricting process that we go through in the Commonwealth,” said 41st District Delegate Joe McNamara, a Republican who represents part of Roanoke County.