Virginia Court of Appeals rules NAACP’s voting rights FOIA lawsuit against Youngkin isn’t over
Virginia Court of Appeals rules NAACP’s voting rights FOIA lawsuit against Youngkin isn’t over by Charlotte Rene Woods, Virginia Mercury August 6, 2025 The Virginia Court of Appeals determined Tuesday that the Virginia NAACP’s yearslong challenge to Gov. Glenn Youngkin over access to records concerning his administration’s changes to voting rights restorations can move forward. Because a previous ruling by a Richmond judge that sided with the governor never addressed the attorneys fees that had been part of NAACP’s lawsuit, the appellate court has decided the case is not closed. “We dismiss the premature appeal without prejudice and remand the matter to the trial court to consider the attorney fee issue,” the court’s judges wrote in a filing Tuesday. The Mercury asked the civil rights group to comment on Tuesday’s ruling and their next steps concerning the case but did not hear back by press time. Case background The Virginia Conference of the NAACP h...
