Voting registration groups criticize the state's Board of Election emergency rule to ban e-signatures on voter registration forms

An Arkansas panel has prohibited election officials from accepting voter registration forms signed with an electronic signatures

On Tuesday, the Arkansas Board of Election Commissioners banned e-signatures on voter registration forms as part of a controversial emergency rule.

The State Board of Election Commissioners approved an emergency rule Tuesday that bars election officials from accepting voter registration forms signed with an electronic signature. The rule comes after non-profit Get Loud Arkansas helped registered voters with electronic signatures,

With just five months until the November general election Arkansas Board of Election Commissioners passed a law that won't allow E-signatures on registration forms.

The State Board of Election Commissioners will vote Tuesday on a proposed emergency rule to ban county clerks from accepting voter registration forms signed with digital signatures. The proposed rule is meant to provide a uniform standard across the state's 75 counties,