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A party-line vote in a deliberative assembly (such as a constituent assembly, parliament, or legislature) is a vote in which a substantial majority of members of a political party vote the same way (usually in opposition to the other political party(ies) whose members vote the opposite way).
In politics, "the line", "the party line", or "the lines to take" is an idiom for a political party or social movement's canon agenda, as well as ideological elements specific to the organization's partisanship.
In some Texas counties, an individual vote would not override the straight-party vote: If a voter chose the straight-party option, then voted for a single candidate from another party, votes for that race were recorded for both candidates. Straight-party voting was available only in the general election for partisan elections.
The new package for the 118th session of Congress was approved in a nearly party-line vote, with 220 Republicans backing its passage and 212 Democrats and one Republican voting against it.
The vote lasted around 10 hours — with Democrats submitting more than 20 amendments to gum up the works, all of which were defeated in a series of mostly party-line votes.
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Electoral fusion is also known as fusion voting, cross endorsement, multiple party nomination, multi-party nomination, plural nomination, and ballot freedom. [3] [4] Electoral fusion was once widespread in the U.S. and legal in every state. However, as of 2024, it remains legal and common only in New York and Connecticut. [5] [6] [7]
In terms of a general election, 9% of registered voters polled said they would definitely vote for Serrano Glassner and 38% said they would possibly vote for her. Bashaw had 10% definite and 35% ...