After losing big in the last election, Texas republicans changed the law and eliminated straight ticket voting. They were trying to skew the candidates by not letting folks know who they were affiliated with and make it longer for folks to vote as they would have had to go down and mark each candidate you're voting for. These republican candidates are not even saying their party affiliations in their ads.
Federal judge blocks Texas' elimination of straight-ticket voting
A U.S. district judge has blocked Texas from eliminating straight-ticket voting as an option for people at the polls this November.
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