The chance for Virginia voters to have their say on the Right to Vote Constitutional Amendment was officially killed in the 2022 General Assembly session.

The ACLU of Virginia joined partners to urge Virginia to hold a special election in 2022 for the Virginia House of Delegates based on newly created, fairer voting maps.

In principle, we oppose any use of facial recognition software by law enforcement. When used by police in criminal investigations, facial recognition technology can, and has, led to wrongful arrests and civil rights violations.

Today the parents of 12 children with disabilities asked the court to immediately prohibit the Governor and his administration from enforcing Executive Order 2 against Virginia school districts and allow school districts the authority to keep in place the masking requirements.

Parents of children with disabilities in Virginia’s public schools filed a federal lawsuit today challenging Governor Youngkin’s Executive Order 2, which provides that parents of students attending Virginia public schools can elect for their children to not be subjected to mask mandates at their schools.

The ACLU of Virginia announced today that a settlement agreement was reached in Burke v. Clarke, a federal lawsuit on behalf of Randy Burke, a practicing Rastafarian who was put in solitary confinement for over five years for refusing to cut his hair.