Four laws passed last year by the state General Assembly that placed restrictions on voting were reinstated Friday afternoon by the Arkansas Supreme Court, which overturned a permanent injunction handed down by Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen last month at the conclusion of a four-day bench trial.
Four Arkansas voting laws formally struck down as illegal this week should be allowed to go into effect until the state Supreme Court can decide whether the measures pass constitutional muster, government lawyers argued Thursday.
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Sovereign immunity still does not shield Arkansas from a lawsuit challenging a quartet of new voting laws, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen said Friday, the second time he's ruled that the suit by the League of Women Voters should go to trial.