AR Times: “Opponents to a rule requiring “wet signatures” on Arkansas voter registration forms crowded into a public hearing room Thursday to voice concerns about barriers to voting they say would result from the rule’s adoption.
“Make no mistake about it, this rule makes it harder for Arkansans to vote,” said Toney Orr, chairman of the board for Get Loud Arkansas, a voter advocacy group that provided residents with an online tool to complete registration forms until an emergency rule prohibiting electronic signatures took effect in May.
Other speakers at the Thursday’s State Board of Election Commissioners hearing said the permanent rule would increase inefficiency in registering voters, present difficulties with residents with disabilities and pose roadblocks for people living in rural and minority communities. The rule also ignores technological advances, they said.”