Arkansas Supreme Court affirms circuit court decision in voting machine lawsuit | Antoinette Grajeda/Arkansas Advocate
The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the compliance of voting machines with state law, which was filed by Arkansas Voter Integrity Initiative Inc. and CEO Conrad Reynolds against Secretary of State John Thurston, the State Board of Election Commissioners, and Election Systems and Software LLC. The lawsuit argued that voters couldn’t verify their selections because they couldn’t read the barcodes on printed ballots, which the voting machine tabulator scanned. However, the court affirmed the lower court’s decision, citing testimony that voters could review and change their votes on the machine before printing their ballots. Meanwhile, Reynolds continues to challenge voting machines through another lawsuit aiming to certify two proposed constitutional amendments regarding voting methods. Read Article