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Voting practice supporting one party
of voting for every candidate that a political party has on a general election ballot. In some states, ballots may offer a straight-ticket voting option
Straight-ticket_voting
Voting for candidates of different parties
opposed to straight-ticket voting, where a voter chooses candidates from the same political party for every office up for election. Split-ticket voting can occur
Split-ticket_voting
Single election choice which fills more than one political office or seat
running on the party's ticket. "Straight party voting" (most common in some U.S. states) is voting for the entire party ticket, including every office
Ticket_(election)
Preference lists submitted by political parties
A group voting ticket (GVT) is a shortcut for voters in a preferential voting system, where a voter can indicate support for a list of candidates instead
Group_voting_ticket
Tendency for a popular candidate to attract votes for other candidates of the same party
the 89-seat Parliament. Government trifecta Reagan's coattails Straight-ticket voting Wave election Lead-in and lead-out (in broadcasting) Yellow dog
Coattail_effect
Form of electoral fraud
Family voting is a form of electoral fraud, where family members enter a voting booth together and collude, discuss, or direct voting intentions. Family
Family_voting
Electoral strategy
that candidate to receive votes on multiple party lines in the same election. Electoral fusion is also known as fusion voting, cross endorsement, multiple
Electoral fusion in the United States
Electoral_fusion_in_the_United_States
Marker to prevent double voting
feature to prevent double voting in elections. Ink is typically applied to the left-hand thumb, over the nail and finger in a straight line, especially to the
Election_ink
American politician
of his bill to abolish straight-ticket voting in Texas, a procedure still allowed in eight other states. With a straight ticket, a voter pulls one lever
Ron_Simmons_(politician)
Place where voters cast their ballots in elections
identified votes would go to a voting booth where the votes are captured. After all votes were captured, voters could examine the voting ticket before submitting
Polling_station
Practice of requiring all eligible citizens to register and vote in elections
Compulsory voting, also called universal civic duty voting or mandatory voting, is the requirement that registered voters participate in an election.
Compulsory_voting
List of candidates for an elected position
the Sangguniang Bayan (municipal council) level, encourage voters to "vote straight" their respective slates. In Russia, using slates in parliamentary elections
Slate_(elections)
List of persons who are eligible to vote in a particular electoral district
entitlement to vote before being permitted to vote. Electoral rolls and voter registration serve a number of functions, especially to streamline voting on election
Electoral_roll
Type of cast ballot in ranked voting
donkeywise. Donkey votes are most common where preference voting is combined with compulsory voting, such as in Australia, particularly where all candidates
Donkey_vote
Federally recognized Native American tribe
only the Seneca Party has had enough candidates to qualify for straight-ticket voting in which voters can select all of a party's candidates for office
Seneca_Nation_of_Indians
Document used to cast votes in an election
ballot is a device used to cast votes in an election and may be found as a piece of paper or a small ball used in voting. It was originally a small ball
Ballot
Anonymous voting method
This box is later emptied for counting. An aspect of secret voting is the provision of a voting booth to enable the voter to write on the ballot paper without
Secret_ballot
Political term
the system set up by Proposition 14, there are two rounds of voting, and the top two vote-getters for each race in the first round (the primary) advance
Write-in_candidate
Aggregate of individual attitudes or beliefs held by the adult population
opinion, or popular opinion, is the collective opinion on a specific topic or voting intention relevant to society. It is the people's views on matters affecting
Public_opinion
Voting, election, ballot papers, distributed to electors or returned by post, mail
Postal voting is voting in an election where ballot papers are distributed to electors (and typically returned) by post, in contrast to electors voting in
Postal_voting
Refusal to vote during an election
Member of Parliament may actively abstain by voting both "yes" and "no". This is effectively the same as not voting at all, as the outcome will not be changed
Abstention
Laws requiring proof of identity to vote
ID was required by 176 countries or jurisdictions for voting as of 2021. In Argentina, voting is compulsory for all citizens between 18 and 70 years
Voter_identification_laws
Type of voting by election mechanism
Electronic voting is voting that uses electronic means to either aid or handle casting and counting ballots including voting time. Depending on the particular
Electronic_voting
Method to make collective decisions
decision-making procedure description. Research on herd animal voting behaviours show that voting can be emergent in groups as a signalling system mechanism
Voting
Requirement, and process, of a person's enrollment in order to vote in elections
means right to vote while "stemmeplikt" means that voting is compulsory. Peru: voting is obligatory "Requirements for Registration". Vote For Us. 6 November
Voter_registration
Process by which electors can vote prior to the scheduled election day
Early voting, also called advance polling or pre-poll voting, is a convenience voting process by which voters in a public election can vote before a scheduled
Early_voting
Invalid ballot that is not counted
errors. Group voting tickets were introduced in Australia owing to the high number of informal votes cast in single transferable vote (STV) elections
Spoilt_vote
American lawyer (born 1969)
in which Elias and his legal team argued that the elimination of straight-ticket voting in Texas disproportionately affected minorities. In the ruling,
Marc_Elias
Electoral or law making voting system
Weighted voting are voting rules that grant some voters a greater influence than others (which contrasts with rules that assign every voter an equal vote). Such
Weighted_voting
Vote cast in an election as a form of political protest
voting takes a variety of forms and reflects numerous voter motivations, including political apathy. Where voting is compulsory, casting a blank vote
Protest_vote
Choosing a candidate other than preferred to undercut a less desired one
Strategic or tactical voting is voting in consideration of possible ballots cast by other voters in order to maximize one's satisfaction with the election's
Strategic_voting
Ballot cast requiring further verification of voter's eligibility
the original on Nov 8, 2006. Retrieved May 10, 2022. Provisional Voting: Fail-Safe Voting or Trapdoor to Disenfranchisement Archived 2008-10-22 at the Wayback
Provisional_ballot
Representative subdivisions
ticket voting and plurality block voting. Where multi-member districts are used, threshold de facto stays high if seats are filled by general ticket or
Electoral_district
Election in Illinois
parties encouraged a straight-ticket vote. Republicans explicitly discouraged voting for any Democratic candidates, arguing that voting for Democrats would
1964 Illinois House of Representatives election
1964_Illinois_House_of_Representatives_election
single non-transferable vote and cumulative voting have also been used since the late 20th century to correct for dilution of voting power and enable minorities
Voting rights in the United States
Voting_rights_in_the_United_States
697,192 ballots cast. Illinois had a straight-ticket voting option in 1988. Illinois voted for Republican ticket of George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle.
1988_Illinois_elections
Method of vote rigging
Carousel voting (in Russian карусель (karusel, "carousel")) is a method of vote rigging in elections, used particularly in Russia and Serbia, whereby "busloads
Carousel_voting
Ballot option to not vote for any candidate
"scratch" vote, is a ballot option in some jurisdictions or organizations, designed to allow the voter to indicate disapproval of the candidates in a voting system
None_of_the_above
cast. Illinois had a straight-ticket voting option in 1996. This would be the last Illinois election with straight-ticket voting, as it would be abolished
1996_Illinois_elections
Subdivision of an electoral district
A precinct or voting district (U.S. terms), polling district (UK term) or polling division (Canadian term), is a subdivision of an electoral district,
Electoral_precinct
Illegal campaign method
candidates. Voters may be given money or other rewards for voting in a particular way, or not voting. In some jurisdictions, the offer or giving of other rewards
Vote_buying
American judge (born 1949)
898 primary votes, Moody ran 281,000 below Hecht's Republican primary total. Though Hecht himself has benefited from straight ticket voting for his court
Nathan_Hecht
Mass abstention by a group of voters during an election
compulsory voting, a boycott may amount to an act of civil disobedience; alternatively, supporters of the boycott may be able to cast blank votes or vote for
Election_boycott
Cause of lower voter participation
of voting can also be confusing or challenging. In the U.S., the Cost of Voting Index estimates how difficult it is to vote (and register to vote) in
Voter_fatigue
receives utility from helping others, to vote. Altruistic voting has been compared to purchasing a lottery ticket, in which the probability of winning is
Altruism_theory_of_voting
United States federal law
After Congress enacted the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to address rampant voting discrimination against racial minorities, voting rights advocates argued for
National Voter Registration Act of 1993
National_Voter_Registration_Act_of_1993
US political parties other than the two major parties
strategic voting, and issues of transparency are among issues cited as barriers to adoption. Approval voting is a single-winner rated voting system where
Third_party_(U.S._politics)
Paradox of the expected benefit of voting
The paradox of voting, also called Downs' paradox, is that for a rational and egoistic voter (Homo economicus), the costs of voting will normally exceed
Paradox_of_voting
164,357 ballots cast. Illinois had a straight-ticket voting option in 1992. Illinois voted for Democratic ticket of Bill Clinton and Al Gore. This represented
1992_Illinois_elections
Indifference towards politics
votes, where a voter does not receive representation in the final election outcome. strategic voting, where the electoral system incentivizes voting for
Political_apathy
Voting method in which voters vote openly
An open ballot system is a voting method in which voters vote openly, in contrast to a secret ballot, where a voter's choices are confidential. The open
Open_ballot_system
turnout was 56.71%, with 3,420,720 ballots cast. Illinois had a straight-ticket voting option in 1990. Incumbent Democrat Paul Simon was reelected to a
1990_Illinois_elections
cast). Ballots had a straight-ticket voting option in 1996. This would be the last Cook County election with straight-ticket voting, as it would be abolished
1996 Cook County, Illinois, elections
1996_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections
Type of electoral system
Multi-member district Single transferable vote Party-list proportional representation Straight-ticket voting Group voting ticket "Proportional Representation Open
Party-list_system
Vote share required for representation
representation through ranked voting in multi-seat (as opposed to single seat) organizations or constituencies (voting districts). Ranked voting systems are widely
Electoral_threshold
and suburban Cook County saw 981,905 ballots cast. Ballots had a straight-ticket voting option in 1988. In the 1988 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County
1988 Cook County, Illinois, elections
1988_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections
turnout was 52.61%, with 3,219,122 ballots cast. Illinois had a straight-ticket voting option in 1994. All Illinois seats in the United States House of
1994_Illinois_elections
Alabama state representative
attention. Meanwhile, Grimsley said that Rehm's victory was due to straight-ticket voting. An article from the Alabama Political Reporter analyzed election
Rick_Rehm
Topics referred to by the same term
given to candidates who are eliminated during the count Straight-ticket voting, the practice of voting for every candidate that a political party has on a
STV
United States political term
now more generally applied to refer to any Democrat who will vote a straight party ticket under any circumstances. The South Carolina Democratic Party
Yellow_dog_Democrat
Type of proxy voting on behalf of children
Demeny voting, also called parental voting or family voting, is a type of proxy voting which allows parents or guardians to vote on the behalf of children
Demeny_voting
Method of holding two elections with one vote
to a plurality of votes) would be elected. Such systems have also been used in Latin America.[citation needed] Straight-ticket voting Uruguay Election
Double_simultaneous_vote
saw 79.42% turnout (with 1,014,473 ballots cast). Ballots had a straight-ticket voting option in 1988. In the 1984 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County
1984 Cook County, Illinois, elections
1984_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections
Voting, election, ballot papers, voted other than at an assigned polling place, mail
Early voting overlaps with absentee voting. Early voting includes votes cast before the official election day(s), by mail, online or in-person at voting centers
Absentee_ballot
Overview on felons voting in elections in the United States
account of a conviction, 2.47% of voting-age citizens. As of October 2020, it was estimated that 5.1 million voting-age US citizens were disenfranchised
Felony disenfranchisement in the United States
Felony_disenfranchisement_in_the_United_States
and suburban Cook County saw 635,2865 ballots cast. Ballots had a straight-ticket voting option in 1986. In the 1986 Cook County Assessor election, incumbent
1986 Cook County, Illinois, elections
1986_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections
saw 75.88% turnout (with 1,062,229 ballots cast). Ballots had a straight-ticket voting option in 1992. In the 1992 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County
1992 Cook County, Illinois, elections
1992_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections
Collecting absentee or mail-in ballots
consultant Rachel Rodriguez for election fraud, illegal voting, unlawfully assisting people voting by mail, and unlawfully possessing an official ballot
Ballot_collecting
military and overseas voters, adding straight-ticket voting, automatically registering voters, allowing any citizen to vote at any time, provided they have
2018_Michigan_Proposal_3
Practice of avoiding research whose cost exceeds its benefits
that the same will continue to be true and "vote the ticket", also referred to as straight-ticket voting, instead of wasting time on a complete investigation
Rational_ignorance
Cohort of voters who support a politician or party
growth among men and working-class minority voters. Split-ticket voting Straight-ticket voting Voting bloc Harvey, Kerric, ed. (December 20, 2013). "Political
Political_base
Voter behaviour
Issue voting is often contrasted with party voting. A 2010 University of California, Davis study found that voters switch between issue voting and party
Issue_voting
Census region of the United States
business class that promoted civic boosterism, patriotism, and straight-ticket voting, while discouraging political activism and dissent. The negative
Midwestern_United_States
Politics and government
Lesser-evil voting (LEV) refers to a kind of strategic voting where a voter supports a less-preferred candidate in an election (the "lesser evil") rather
Lesser-evil_voting
Wasted vote under instant-runoff voting
In ranked-choice voting, by method of single transferable or instant-runoff voting, ballot exhaustion occurs when a voter's ballot can no longer be counted
Ballot_exhaustion
Challenging and removing voter names from voter registration lists
maintain the rolls. Some voter roll maintenance tactics are prohibited by the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Voter caging refers to the practice of sending mail
Voter_caging
election was 55.34%, with 3,332,450 ballots cast. Illinois had a straight-ticket voting option in 1986. Incumbent Democratic Senator Alan Dixon was reelected
1986_Illinois_elections
Voting that does not occur on the day of the election at the voting precinct
Convenience voting is any form of voting that does not occur on the day of the election at the voting precinct. This may involve changing the timing of voting so
Convenience_voting
County saw 52.82% turnout (with 657,674 ballots cast). Ballots had a straight-ticket voting option in 1990. In the 1990 Cook County Assessor election, incumbent
1990 Cook County, Illinois, elections
1990_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections
Opposition to a disliked political party
own political party since the 1980s, along with the increase in straight-ticket voting. The phenomenon of negative partisanship was further exacerbated
Negative_partisanship
Overview of and topical guide to political science
Economic voting Altruism theory of voting Coattail effect Split-ticket voting Straight-ticket voting Tactical voting Vote pairing Paradox of voting Protest
Outline_of_political_science
United States are or have been subject to the special provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Jurisdictions encompassed by the coverage formula contained
List of jurisdictions subject to the special provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
List_of_jurisdictions_subject_to_the_special_provisions_of_the_Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
require a certification of voting machines. In the United States there is only a voluntary federal certification for voting machines and each state has
Certification of voting machines
Certification_of_voting_machines
Process of counting votes in an election
often as needed, before casting the vote. Staff initialize each voter once on the machine, to avoid repeat voting. Voting data and ballot images are recorded
Vote_counting
identification at voting polls go back to 1950, no state required a voter to produce a government-issued photo ID as a condition for voting before the 2006
Voter identification laws in the United States
Voter_identification_laws_in_the_United_States
Term for candidates from different parties running on one ticket
unity ticket, but he eventually ran as the Democratic nominee with a Democratic running mate. Politics portal Split-ticket voting Straight-ticket voting Two-party
Unity_ticket
Ballot with too few choices selected
votes. These are used in academic studies to assess the accuracy and reliability of voting systems in capturing voter intent. "2005 Voluntary Voting System
Voter_rolloff
Use of physical features for voter identification
is achieving de-duplication of the voting register, thus preventing multiple voter registration and multiple voting; improving identification of the voter
Biometric_voter_registration
which generally contains information regarding elections, place and time of voting, and contact details of the electoral commission. Each municipal administration
Voter_invitation_card
Voting systems that do not disclose their methods
Black box voting is any system of voting on voting machines which does not disclose how the system operates, such as systems based on closed source software
Black_box_voting
many votes they picked up in a particular area, or even a particular street. The planned introduction in the Republic of Ireland of electronic voting for
Tally_(voting)
as in the rest of Japan. Voting rights in the United States Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act Federal voting rights in Puerto Rico The
District of Columbia federal voting rights
District_of_Columbia_federal_voting_rights
American politician
Secretary Duran ended the established practice of single party voting (straight-ticket voting). On August 27, 2015, New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas
Dianna_Duran
When two people commit to voting in a mutually agreed way
Vote swapping, also called co-voting or vote pairing or vote trading, is an informal strategic agreement between two voters to "exchange" their votes
Vote_swapping
Lying about which of two candidates is preferred
many voting rules creates incentives for dishonesty among voters. First-preference methods like first-past-the-post and ranked-choice runoff voting (RCV)
Insincere_voting
Security enhancement for voting system
conducted. The Scantegrity II voting procedure is similar to that of a traditional optical scan voting system, except that each voting response location contains
Scantegrity
Enabling an opponent to win by dividing votes
which can discourage minor party candidacies. Vote splitting most easily occurs in plurality voting (also called first-past-the-post) in which each
List of elections involving vote splitting
List_of_elections_involving_vote_splitting
American politician (1921–2009)
835 votes. Edmondson challenged the result alleging irregularities in the voting, specifically that Tulsa County did not have levers to allow straight-ticket
Henry_Bellmon
American politician (1935–2025)
year, he unsuccessfully sponsored legislation that would revived straight-ticket voting, and successfully sponsored legislation that mandated background
Don_LeBrun
ballot to be refused on the grounds that no party satisfies the elector's vote. Declined ballots are only legislated in the provinces of Ontario, Manitoba
Refused_ballot
STRAIGHT TICKET-VOTING
STRAIGHT TICKET-VOTING
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Straight
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Wick 2, or variant of the habitational name Wick, with genitive or plural -s. There has been much confusion between this name and Weeks.In 1638 Richard Wickes (also known as Richard Atwick), of Staines, Middlesex, England, died, leaving a bequest to “my son John Wickes now living in New England.†This John Wickes came from London, England, to Plymouth, MA, in 1635, and subsequently settled at Portsmouth, RI.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Tickle
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Straight
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Ricky, RICKEY means "powerful ruler."
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : habitational name from Tickhill in South Yorkshire, so named from the Old English personal name or byname Tica (of uncertain origin) or ticce(n) ‘kid’ + hyll ‘hill’.Probably an altered spelling of German Tickel, from a pet form of Dick, from a Germanic personal name formed with Old High German diot ‘people’ (see for example Dietrich).
Boy/Male
American, British, Chinese, Christian, English
Garment Maker; Tucker of Cloth
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Straight.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : diminutive of Fitch.Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Fickert.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Straight
Male
English
English occupational surname transferred to forename use, TUCKER means "cloth fuller."
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : habitational name from Trickey in Devon, recorded in 1238 as Trikehle apparently ‘enclosure (Middle English hey) of a man nicknamed Trick’.
Male
German
Low German form of Old High German Ricohard, RICKERT means "powerful ruler."
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Straight
Male
English
Unisex pet form of English Michael and Michaela, both MICKEY means "who is like God?"
Boy/Male
English American
Tucker of doth.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Styles.German : topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill, from Middle High German stickel ‘hill’, ‘slope’.German : nickname from Middle High German stickel ‘prickle’, ‘spine’, ‘pointed object’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a topographic name for someone living in the Lickey Hills, southwest of Birmingham.Perhaps an altered spelling of Scottish Leckie.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English streʒt ‘straight’, ‘upright’, presumably applied in either a literal or a figurative sense.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Straight
STRAIGHT TICKET-VOTING
STRAIGHT TICKET-VOTING
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Lord Vishnu
Biblical
liar; lying; one that runs
Boy/Male
Latin
Bean farmer.
Female
Scottish
Scottish form of English Norma, NORMANNA means "northman."
Boy/Male
Tamil
Pradyumn | பà¯à®°à®¤à¯à®®à®¨
Cupid or God of Love, Son of Krishna and Rukmini
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian
Best; King Among Beautiful Persons
Boy/Male
Indian, Telugu
Brightness
Boy/Male
Hindu
Its part of Mahi milk prod
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Heroic Fighter
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Borb; A Living Being
STRAIGHT TICKET-VOTING
STRAIGHT TICKET-VOTING
STRAIGHT TICKET-VOTING
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STRAIGHT TICKET-VOTING
superl.
Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party; as, a straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others; as, a straight ballot.
v. t.
To distinguish by a ticket; to put a ticket on; as, to ticket goods.
a.
Having straight joints.
v. t.
To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
v. t.
To straighten.
superl.
Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber.
a.
A variant of Strait, a.
superl.
Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing.
v.
A certificate or token of right of admission to a place of assembly, or of passage in a public conveyance; as, a theater ticket; a railroad or steamboat ticket.
v. t.
To mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods.
adv.
In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark.
a.
A variant of Straight.
superl.
Approximately straight; not much curved; as, straight ribs are such as pass from the base of a leaf to the apex, with a small curve.
v. t.
To stretch; to make straight.
superl.
Composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush.
superl.
Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight.
v. t.
To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse.
a.
Having straight lines.
n.
Same as Strait-jacket.
v. t.
To furnish with a tickets; to book; as, to ticket passengers to California.