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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.
Two Arkansas voters sued a county and its election board last week for refusing to hold early voting in the largest city of a majority-Black county for the 2024 election.
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.
In a new brief, nine Republican secretaries of state are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take a case out of Pennsylvania pushing the independent state legislature theory, a radical legal theory that could upend American elections.
Four Arkansas voter suppression laws will go into effect after the Arkansas Supreme Court issued a ruling earlier today.
Today, the Arkansas Supreme Court issued the final blow to a fringe lawsuit seeking to ban the use of electronic voting machines in the state.
The entire 8th Circuit today denied a request from civil rights groups seeking reconsideration of decision that drastically weakened the Voting Rights Act across seven states.
Two restrictive and dangerous proposed constitutional amendments faced setbacks this week after Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin (R) rejected the proposals’ ballot titles and summaries.
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