In an all-too-common refrain in the war on election integrity, a Democrat activist and former Arkansas state senator is screaming “voter suppression!” after her leftist group ran up against state election law.
Now Joyce Elliott has created a GoFundMe page seeking $50,000 to “[take] a stand against restrictive voter registration rules that could disenfranchise thousands of Arkansans.”
Elliott’s left-wing, get-out-the-vote group Get Loud Arkansas!, which she “modeled on former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams’s left-of-center Fair Fight in Georgia,” according to activist tracker InfluenceWatch, called for a protest Tuesday evening.
The rally at the Arkansas State Capitol was scheduled after the Arkansas State Board of Election Commissioners approved an emergency rule and declaratory order reiterating that electronic signatures are only permitted on voter registration forms that are completed through specific government agencies — as spelled out in the state’s constitution.
“What we have here is an activist group recreating government forms to collect sensitive voter data privately. Then, they used third-party software to fill in the official form while transferring the voters’ e-signatures. What could go wrong?” Said Kristi Stahr, a senior data analyst for the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA).
Legally Compliant?
As one of eight states that generally do not allow online voter registrations, Arkansas only accepts online registrations if they are part of the “processes implemented by identified Registration Agencies,” in accordance with the 51st amendment to the Arkansas Constitution. Qualifying government entities include the Office of Driver Services in the Revenue Division of the Department of
