The bill that would end
straight-ticket voting in West Virginia will get a final vote from the state
Senate Tuesday before moving to the state House of Delegates for consideration
during the ongoing Regular Legislative Session.
With straight-ticket voting, a
voter can make one mark, either electronically or on a paper ballot, and vote
for a party’s full list of candidates. The change would require voters to
consider each race individually.
Democrats have long pushed back
against eliminating straight-ticket voting in West Virginia
According to the National
Conference of State Legislatures, West
Virginia Alabama , Indiana , Iowa , Kentucky , Michigan , Oklahoma , Pennsylvania , South Carolina ,
Texas and Utah
Straight-ticket voting has been declining in popularity
nationally during the last decade. Rhode
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