Opponents to a rule requiring “wet signatures” on Arkansas voter registration forms crowded into a public hearing room Thursday to voice concerns about barriers to voting they say would result from the rule’s adoption.
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State election board hears comments on e-signatures
The state Board of Election Commissioners held a public hearing on the a rule to prohibit electronic signatures for voter registration.
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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Arkansas continues to fend off would-be voters with arduous and outdated rules and requirements.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 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.