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.
League of Women Voters files suit against new election laws
Under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, states cannot enact rules that have a disproportionate effect on racial minorities, but that is difficult to prove. Author: Talk Business & Politics Updated: 8:23 AM CDT May 21, 2021
ARKANSAS, USA The League of Women Voters and the immigrant advocacy group Arkansas United have filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Pulaski County challenging new voting laws passed by the Arkansas Legislature that the plaintiffs say will make it harder to vote, particularly for minorities.
The press release refers to new laws it says will require election officials to match absentee voters’ signatures to their original voter registration application; remove the option for voters without an identification to instead present a sworn statement in order to have their ballots counted; move up the deadline to drop off absentee ballots to the Friday before Election Day
League of Women voters elaborate on suit challenging new Arkansas election laws
League of Women voters elaborate on suit challenging new Arkansas election laws
League of Women Voters of Arkansas and
Arkansas United to challenge new Arkansas election laws modeled on the national Republican agenda to make it harder to vote.
The League of Women Voters has issued a statement on the lawsuit.
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The Arkansas General Assembly voted to pass sweeping legislation that is clearly
intended to and will have the effect of making it harder for eligible Arkansas voters to
participate in the state’s elections. Particularly hard hit by these new and entirely