Arkansas election officials are ramping up recruitment efforts after struggling to find poll workers for Election Day.
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Joyce Elliott, former state senator and liberal stalwart, has suffered a stroke
According to her family, Elliott underwent surgery and is recovering in Little Rock.
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‘Wet signature’ requirement for voter registration goes up for public comment
Arkansas continues to fend off would-be voters with arduous and outdated rules and requirements.
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Voter registration groups sue over Arkansas’s abrupt rejection of e-signatures on forms
Get Loud’s lawsuit, which seeks relief under the 1964 Civil Rights Act, draws a direct link to the disenfranchisement of Black voters in the segregated South.
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Arkansas Supreme Court greenlights four laws that make voting harder
“While the right to vote has been held to be fundamental, the right to vote in a particular manner is not guaranteed,” the state Supreme Court said Thursday.
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Lawmakers adopt emergency rule barring electronic signatures for would-be voters
“There is no problem with integrity in voting in Arkansas. We are making up stuff. We’re suppressing the vote. That’s the bottom line,” former state Sen. Joyce Elliott said.
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Lawmakers to consider emergency rule to make voter registration harder
While it’s a quaint idea to require some Founding Fathers John Hancock cosplay for aspiring participants in democracy, such analog transactions are inconvenient, unnecessary and no longer the norm.
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Arkansas lawmakers to examine new voter registration signature rule
The Arkansas Board of Election Commissioners is asking state lawmakers to approve an emergency rule that would require would-be voters to sign applications with a pen on paper, barring online options.
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State election board tightens voter registration process, advocates call it ‘deliberate voter suppression’
Get Loud Arkansas’s leader Joyce Elliott said they’re considering a lawsuit over the recent restrictive changes. The organization will host a voter rights rally at 5:15 p.m. on the Capitol steps.
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State board seeks to stop Arkansans from e-signing voter registration forms
In 2024, you can electronically sign documents to buy insurance, apply for a credit card or take out a mortgage. But e-signing a voter registration form in Arkansas may soon be forbidden, at least outside of a government office.