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A federal court today approved a partial settlement to remove Virginia’s witness requirement for voters who believe their health would be at risk due to COVID-19 if forced to comply.
Following a lawsuit brought by the ACLU and ACLU of Virginia, the state of Virginia has reached a partial settlement agreement to remove the state’s “witness requirement” for voters whose health would be at risk if forced to comply with the requirement during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ACLU of Virginia joined NAKASEC Virginia to send a letter Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring urging public responses to the increasing incidents of harassment, discrimination, and attacks on Asians in America amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Virginia COVID-19 Justice Coalition describes actions from the governor & General Assembly as inadequate.
The ACLU of Virginia is taking legal actions against the Commonwealth of Virginia, Gov. Ralph Northam, and state and local officials to ensure they are using their full authority to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in prisons, jails and correctional facilities and prevent more illnesses and deaths.
The ACLU and 12 ACLU state affiliates sent letters to state officials and state departments of health across the country urging them to collect and release aggregate race, ethnicity and other demographic data of COVID-19 testing, infections and deaths, to the extent consistent with privacy laws.