But straight-ticket voting could benefit Democrats in Jefferson County, where any tight county races could be determined by the number of Democratic straight-ticket votes.

Straight-ticket voting will end before the 2020 elections, bringing Texas into line with the vast majority of states. Republicans — who lost numerous down-ballot officials, ...

Straight-ticket voting will end before the 2020 elections, bringing Texas into line with the vast majority of states. But the change didn’t come early enough to save Emmett — or a host of ...

“Straight-ticket voting makes it prohibitive to run outside of the major parties,” Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) told me late last month. Amash, ...

Straight-ticket voting was actually voted out in 2017 but it didn't take effect until 2020. This year, there will be a few differences you'll notice when you go to cast your ballot.

Former State Rep. Ron Simmons passed a law to end one-punch straight ticket voting in Texas. Despite the delays expected because of COVID-19 during this year's presidential elections, Simmons says ...

The ban on straight-ticket voting would not have occurred without the gains Democrats have made in Texas since 2014, when Republican dominance was still pronounced. Advertisement.

Winning elections in Texas sometimes isn't about who you are, but about the party you're with. In November, Texans voted straight-party tickets in staggering numbers, once again altering the ...

A federal judge approved a permanent injunction Wednesday against the state eliminating straight-ticket voting in Michigan even though the Republican-controlled Legislature passed a bill in 2015 ...

Straight-ticket vote rules in judicial races. DISTRICT COURTSStraight-ticket vote sways judicial races. By BRIAN ROGERS , HOUSTON CHRONICLE Nov 2, 2010.

LANSING — Straight-ticket voting won't be available as an option in the Nov. 6 general election, under a federal appeals court ruling released late Wednesday.

But Democratic State Rep. Malcom Kenyatta says eliminating straight-ticket voting will exacerbate further delays already anticipated from the introduction of new voting machines – and that voters at ...