“The State Board of Election Commissioners approved an emergency rule Tuesday that bars election officials from accepting voter registration forms signed with an electronic signature.
“The rule comes after non-profit Get Loud Arkansas helped registered voters with electronic signatures, prompting conflicting views on the legality of the practice from the State Board of Election Commissioners and the attorney general’s office, which said it was legal….
“Chris Madison, director of the State Board of Election Commissioners, said the rule change is meant to create uniform policy across the state’s 75 counties, as some clerks accepted electronic signatures for voter registration forms while others did not:
“What we want to do is create uniformity across the state, so that if I apply in one place it’s the same way that if I apply in another place”
READ MORE about the change in voter registration forms in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (no paywall).