In win for voters, court blocks Arkansas' restrictive registration rule

[RandySF]

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Arkansas cannot enforce a restrictive rule requiring a handwritten signature to register to vote.

The decision will allow Arkansans to use an online tool that makes registration much easier.

In a 2-1 decision, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals — with judges appointed by Presidents Donald Trump and George W. Bush in the majority — affirmed a lower court’s order blocking the rule, which required voters to sign registration forms with pen on paper instead of electronically.

The decision does not definitively end the case, however, which will continue in a lower court.





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