A yearslong legal challenge to Gov. Glenn Youngkin over access to records concerning his administration’s changes to voting rights restoration entered a new chapter this year, after the Virginia Court of Appeals in August ruled that the case, lodged by the Virginia NAACP, can move forward. A court had issued an order in Youngkin’s favor […]
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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin in September 2025. Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia Mercury
A yearslong legal challenge to Gov. Glenn Youngkin over access to records concerning his administration’s changes to voting rights restoration entered a new chapter this year, after the Virginia Court of Appeals in August ruled that the case, lodged by the Virginia NAACP, can move forward.
AcourthadissuedanorderinYoungkin’sfavorin2024,butitsfailuretoaddressattorneysfeesledtothesuccessfulappealthathascontinuedthecase.Latelastmonth,YoungkinpetitionedVirginia’sSupremeCourttoappealthecontinuationofthecase,withhislegalteamarguingthatthelawdoesn’tmandateattorneysfeesbeincludedinthesubstanceofacaseandthattheNAACP’scomplaintsaboutthelingeringattorne
