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Tag: straight-ticket voting

Election 2020

What Are The Effects Of Abolishing Straight Ticket Voting In Texas? ‘A Pain In The Butt’

Dominic Anthony Walsh, TPR

Posted on November 13, 2020 · This election was the first in decades to not include a straight ticket voting option on ballots across Texas.

Tags ballots election straight-ticket voting voting voting machines

Election 2020

Federal Judge Blocks Texas’ Elimination Of Straight-Ticket Voting

ALEX SAMUELS, The Texas Tribune

Posted on September 26, 2020 · Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said his office has filed a motion to stop the judge’s order and will file an appeal of the district court’s ruling.

Tags greg abbott ken paxton straight-ticket voting vote-by-mail voting

Politics

Texas Democrats Sue The State To Keep Straight-Ticket Voting In 2020

Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune

Posted on March 6, 2020 · In a federal lawsuit filed in Laredo, Democrats claim the move to end straight-ticket voting is unconstitutional and intentionally discriminates against Hispanic and black voters.

Tags election straight-ticket voting voting

Politics

Are Texas Lawmakers Going to Ditch Straight-Ticket Voting? Probably Not

Ashley Lopez, KUT

Posted on February 7, 2017 · Last week some prominent Republicans said Texas should get rid of straight-ticket voting. Texas is one of only 10 states in the U.S. that allow a person to vote once for one political party straight down the ballot.

Tags straight-ticket voting texas

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Most Americans support using the popular vote to decide U.S. presidents, data shows

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Posted on August 10, 2022 · There have been five presidents who won the electoral vote but not the popular vote, including George W. Bush and Donald Trump.

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Houston Matters

Harris County takes issue with latest election audit (Aug. 4, 2022)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on August 4, 2022 · On Thursday's show: The county's plans to sue the state over the latest audit of its elections, potential laws designed to stop abortion-related travel, the lack of air conditioning in Texas prisons, and the stories behind Houston's skyline.

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TOWN SQUARE SPECIAL: Beto O’Rourke’s discusses plans on Texas power grid, Roe v. Wade, gun safety measures

Lisa Rosborough

Posted on August 3, 2022 · Today, we have an in-depth, open conversation with Texas Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke.

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Texas lawmakers ordered to turn over redistricting records

Stephen Paulsen, Courthouse News

Posted on July 26, 2022 · The order is the latest victory for civil rights groups claiming discrimination and intimidation leading up to the 2022 midterms, but history indicates the case is unlikely to be resolved before voters head to the polls.

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