Circuit Court for the City of Richmond to Hear Virginia State Conference NAACP v. Governor Glenn A. Younkin

Tomorrow, Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at 2:00 pm, the Virginia State Conference NAACP (Virginia NAACP) is scheduled to appear in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond for a hearing in Virginia State Conference NAACP, et. al., v. Governor Glenn A. Younkin, et. al. Virginia NAACP filed this lawsuit to enforce its rights under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (VFOIA) to obtain requested public records regarding Governor Youngkin’s new process for restoring voting rights to Virginia citizens with past felony convictions, and which the Governor continues to unlawfully withhold. The VFOIA requests focused in particular on records concerning the Governor’s lack of publicly stated criteria for his decisions on whether to restore an individual’s rights and the extremely slow pace of rights restoration under his administration—both of which are sure to have a discriminatory impact on Black Virginians, who are disproportionately affected by felony disenfranchisement in Virginia.

The Virginia NAACP is represented by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Hogan Lovells US LLP. A copy of Virginia NAACP’s initial VFOIA request letter, VFOIA lawsuit court filings, and all of the documents thus far produced can be found at: naacpva.us/FOIA-RestorationOfRights

The Circuit Court for the City of Richmond is located in the John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North Ninth Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219.