Federal appeals court temporarily blocks ruling that reinstated straight-ticket voting in Texas

[TexasTowelie]

by Emma Platoff, Texas Tribune


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 casting into uncertainty whether Texas voters will have the option in the Nov. 3 election to vote for every candidate of a political party with one punch. A final ruling is expected after the court weighs the arguments more thoroughly.

Straight-ticket voting was set to end this year in Texas, bringing the state in line with much of the rest of the country, under a law passed in 2017 by the Legislature. But on Friday, a federal judge ordered the state to reinstate the practice, writing that one-punch voting would speed up the voting process and decrease the time that in-person voters would be at risk of contracting the novel coronavirus.

Early voting is set to start Oct. 13, leaving election administrators little time to make major changes to voting procedures.

U.S. District Judge Marina Garcia Marmolejo wrote that ending straight-ticket voting would “cause important delays at polling places, place Texan voters at increased risk of catching a deadly virus, and discourage voters, particularly those most vulnerable to the disease or under significant economic pressure, from exercising their rights on election day.”

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/09/28/texas-straight-ticket-voting-blocks/

[LeftInTX]

1. I predicted this

I'm just really mad at some outlets that said Straight Ticket was back. (Including AFL-CIO) Will they report about this?

The thing is a percentage of voters, now think that straight ticket is back.