Arkansas State Board of Election Commissioners sued over 'wet signature rule'

KUAR | By Josie Lenora

Get Loud Arkansas was using snail mail to register people to vote. Sounds simple, but it proved to be tricky. Most voter forms, sent through the mail, weren't being filled out and sent back.

“We had a huge drop off at that point,” she said. “We sent them out their applications and the applications never got turned in. About 33% actually made it all the way through the process.”

That's Kristin Foster, Deputy Executive Director of Get Loud Arkansas. The group's main purpose is to get more people signed up to vote. In 2022, she went to the polls to cast a ballot, and got an idea.

Arkansas State Board of Election Commissioners sued over 'wet signature rule'

Mary Hennigan/Arkansas Advocate

State Board of Election Commissioners approved the signature decision at a meeting.