Court reinstates Arkansas ban on e-signatures for voter registrations

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas: A federal appeals court in Arkansas has restored a rule that had prohibited election officials from accepting voter registration forms with an electronic signature.

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay late last week of a preliminary injunction that a federal judge issued against the rule adopted earlier in 2024 by the State Board of Election Commissioners. An appeal of the p