LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The U.S. Eighth District Court of Appeals on Friday released a decision that handwritten signatures are required on voter registration applications in Arkansas.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks previously placed an injunction against the State Board of Commissioners’ “wet signature” rule in late August, saying voters could submit signatures electronically.
The decision from the U.S. Eighth Circuit reverses that, again requiring pen-to-paper signatures for voter registration applications.
Get Loud Arkansas has challenged the wet signature rule in court.
The group put out a statement after Friday’s decision, saying:
“Friday evening, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued an administrative stay of an August 29th preliminary injunction ordered by U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks, which acknowledged the undue burden that the State Board of Election Commissioners’ wet signature rule places on the people of Arkansas.