Northeast Arkansas county voters approve paper ballot ordinance in Independence County

Independence County voters Tuesday night approved an ordinance that will require elections be conducted with hand-marked, hand-counted paper ballots.

According to complete but unofficial results, 8,309 county residents voted for the ordinance and 5,184 voted against it.

Arkansas Voter Integrity Initiative (AVII) CEO Conrad Reynolds has long supported a shift from using electronic voting machines to only using paper ballots, and said Tuesday’s results showed voters “have spoken loud and clear” on the matter. Reynolds called on state leaders “to heed the will of the people” in a press release.

“I implore Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders to listen to the people of Arkansas and act to remove voting machines from our state,” he said. “The people have expressed their preference for secure, transparent elections, and it’s time we honor that by transitioning fully to paper ballots.”




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