In 2017, Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 25, which ends the ability to allow voters the option of voting a straight party ballot.
Straight-ticket or “straightparty” voting allowed voters to select all a party’s candidates on the ballot with one mark. Straight-party voting elimination in Texas met intense opposition, and ...
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