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Voters in Michigan have long been able to vote a straight ticket or a split ticket (voting for individual candidates in individual offices). Straight-ticket voting only involved the partisan section of the ballot, meaning that if an individual wished to vote in a non-partisan race or for or against a proposal, they had to cast those votes ...
Election Q&A: I'm confused about the straight-ticket question on my ballot. If I vote for a party, can I also vote in individual races?
A ticket can also refer to a political group or political party. In this case, the candidates for a given party are said to be running on the party's ticket. "Straight party voting" (most common in some U.S. states) is voting for the entire party ticket, including every office for which the party has a candidate running. [1]
Some say most split-ticket voters that supported Trump are handing Democrats the downballot victory by only voting for president, or voting third party for lower office, like Borden and Canther.
Just under 38% of Oklahoma voters who participated in the Nov. 5 election checked the option to vote straight party. Fewer Oklahomans used straight-party voting option in November election Skip to ...
The John Lewis voting rights act would restore the federal pre-clearance requirement in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that was struck down by the Supreme Court in a 2013 decision. This would mean that states with a history of voting rights violations would have to seek approval from the federal government to change voting policies.
Hart InterCivic said there is no possibility that one of its machines changed a Tarrant County man’s vote, saying it is taking the allegation seriously.
Since 1990, the Republican Party's presidential ticket, according to the research cited below, has benefited most from the spoiler effect of the plurality voting system that chooses electors for the electoral college. The year 2000 was an especially clear case when Al Gore would likely have won without vote splitting by one or more of the third ...