“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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Secretary of state requests $3.6 million to double State Capitol Police officers
Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston has requested the legislature to double the amount of State Capitol Police officers providing security near the Capitol.
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Attorney general pushes back on Get Loud’s strategy to register more voters
An attorney general opinion seems to greenlight electronic signatures for voter registration applications, but is less clear on digital application forms. The voting rights group Get Loud Arkansas says they’re confident their new system passes the test.
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Some AR county clerks will honor electronic signatures for voter registration, some won’t
A clever fix to get more Arkansans on the rolls and to the polls is fielding predictable backlash from members of the political party that’s more likely to win when fewer people can vote.
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Secretary of state warns against voter registration e-signatures; Pulaski clerk says she’ll keep taking them
Mixed messages from the the Arkansas secretary of state about the validity of electronic signatures on voter registration forms is causing confusion.
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State Supreme Court agrees to expedite case filed by group seeking to require paper ballots and limit absentee voting
The high court ordered Secretary of State John Thurston and the Board of Election Commissioners to respond to the lawsuit by Friday, Jan. 26.
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Capitol Police take “precautionary measures” after received email threat
Emailed threats landed at state Capitols across the country today, including Arkansas’s.