KUAR | By Antoinette Grajeda / Arkansas Advocate
From the Arkansas Advocate:
An Arkansas legislative committee on Thursday will consider an emergency rule that permits electronic signatures on voter registration applications only when they’re completed at certain state agencies.
If approved, the emergency rule would require paper registration applications to include a “wet signature,” meaning an applicant signs with a pen.
The Arkansas Board of Election Commissioners approved the emergency rule last Tuesday. Director Chris Madison said the rule is designed to create consistency because currently, electronic signatures are accepted by some county clerks and rejected by others.
Arkansas lawmakers to examine new voter registration signature rule
