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After Donald Trump lashed out against voting by mail, a few Republican officials disagreed — politely! — with the president’s plans for an unconstitutional executive order.
An absentee voter himself, Trump railed against mail-in ballots and “Seriously Controversial VOTING MACHINES,” in a social media post Monday morning, which he reiterated in rambling remarks at the White House that afternoon.
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals held that voters and private organizations can no longer sue under Section 208
Pro-voting groups in Arkansas are asking a federal court to block a wave of state laws that they say restrict direct democracy.
Much of President Donald Trump’s anti-voting executive order has been blocked by judges. But it’s having an impact nonetheless — by encouraging and emboldening state-level Republicans to pursue its anti-democratic goals.
A federal judge rejected Republican state officials’ request to block President Joe Biden’s executive order that expanded voting access.
The Arkansas Supreme Court mandated Thursday that there must be two early voting sites in West Memphis, a majority-Black city, after the town previously offered zero for the November election.
In a loss for Arkansas voters, a federal appeals court paused a lower court order that blocked a handwritten signature requirement for voter registration, meaning Arkansans who used electronic signatures to register online will be rejected. Voter registration in Arkansas ends on Monday, Oct. 7.
A federal district court dismissed a lawsuit challenging Arkansas’s congressional map as racially discriminatory, a loss for Black voters seeking fair representation .
Republican attorneys general pose an ongoing threat to democracy as they continue their attempts to weaken the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and more.
The Arkansas State Board of Election Commissioners approved a permanent rule on Monday that would prohibit electronic signatures on voter registration forms, except for ones issued at certain state agencies.
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