/tags/straight-ticket-voting Straight-Ticket Voting en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 01 Oct 2020 01:32:06 GMT /politics/2020-09-30/no-straight-ticket-voting-for-texas-2020-election-federal-appeals-court-says Texas voters will not be able to select every candidate of a major political party with one punch, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, upholding a� Thu, 01 Oct 2020 01:32:06 GMT /politics/2020-09-30/no-straight-ticket-voting-for-texas-2020-election-federal-appeals-court-says Emma Platoff | Texas Tribune /politics/2020-09-28/federal-appeals-court-temporarily-blocks-ruling-that-reinstated-straight-ticket-voting-in-texas A federal appeals court on Monday put a temporary hold on a lower court’s ruling last week that reinstated the practice of straight-ticket voting, again� Mon, 28 Sep 2020 23:50:57 GMT /politics/2020-09-28/federal-appeals-court-temporarily-blocks-ruling-that-reinstated-straight-ticket-voting-in-texas Emma Platoff | Texas Tribune /politics/2020-09-25/federal-judge-blocks-texas-elimination-of-straight-ticket-voting Less than three weeks before early voting begins in Texas, a U.S. district judge has blocked the state from eliminating straight-ticket voting as an� Fri, 25 Sep 2020 23:50:17 GMT /politics/2020-09-25/federal-judge-blocks-texas-elimination-of-straight-ticket-voting Alex Samuels/Texas Tribune /politics/2020-06-24/federal-court-tosses-suit-brought-by-texas-democrats-seeking-to-revive-straight-ticket-voting A federal judge on Wednesday threw out Democrats� effort to reinstate the straight-ticket voting option in Texas.Siding with the state, U.S. District� Wed, 24 Jun 2020 23:25:08 GMT /politics/2020-06-24/federal-court-tosses-suit-brought-by-texas-democrats-seeking-to-revive-straight-ticket-voting Alexa Ura /politics/2020-03-05/texas-democrats-sue-the-state-to-keep-straight-ticket-voting-in-2020 On the heels of Super Tuesday voting that left Texans waiting for hours to cast their ballots, Democrats are suing the state to overturn Republicans’� Thu, 05 Mar 2020 22:51:44 GMT /politics/2020-03-05/texas-democrats-sue-the-state-to-keep-straight-ticket-voting-in-2020 Alexa Ura /politics/2019-08-30/without-straight-ticket-voting-some-groups-might-skip-races-in-2020-study-finds Minorities and elderly voters will likely be the most affected by the elimination of straight-ticket voting in 2020, according to a new report from the� Fri, 30 Aug 2019 10:01:00 GMT /politics/2019-08-30/without-straight-ticket-voting-some-groups-might-skip-races-in-2020-study-finds Ashley Lopez /politics/2019-02-15/straight-ticket-voting-in-texas-set-a-record-last-year-it-wont-be-around-in-2020 Almost 68 percent of voters in Texas voted straight ticket during the 2018 general election, according to a new report from the Austin Community College� Fri, 15 Feb 2019 22:36:17 GMT /politics/2019-02-15/straight-ticket-voting-in-texas-set-a-record-last-year-it-wont-be-around-in-2020 Ashley Lopez /politics/2018-10-25/hey-texans-if-youre-voting-straight-ticket-on-a-machine-check-your-ballot UPDATE Oct. 27: In a statement, Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos said that the eSlate voting machines are not malfunctioning. He said Texans using� Thu, 25 Oct 2018 18:55:16 GMT /politics/2018-10-25/hey-texans-if-youre-voting-straight-ticket-on-a-machine-check-your-ballot Ashley Lopez /politics/2017-05-29/will-abolishing-straight-ticket-voting-encourage-voter-engagement-or-stifle-turnout A bill was sent to Gov. Greg Abbott last week that would eliminate straight-ticket voting in Texas. But opponents say the legislation could be headed to� Mon, 29 May 2017 12:43:09 GMT /politics/2017-05-29/will-abolishing-straight-ticket-voting-encourage-voter-engagement-or-stifle-turnout Ashley Lopez /texas/2017-05-19/who-wins-if-straight-ticket-voting-goes-away From Texas Standard:The end may be near for straight-ticket voting in Texas. House Bill 25, which would ban the practice, passed out of the Senate on� Fri, 19 May 2017 18:30:02 GMT /texas/2017-05-19/who-wins-if-straight-ticket-voting-goes-away Alexandra Hart