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An end to straight-ticket voting?

By Shawn Matlock

No, this has nothing to do with criminal law.  Well, maybe it does.  It seems a San Antonio State Senator, Jeff Wentworth, has decided to try to do away with straight-ticket voting in Texas, again.  According to a story in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the straight-ticket option has been around in Texas since 1911.  I did not know that.  I also didn't know that only 16 states actually allow this type of voting.  Personally, I don't care that much about it one way or the other, except that we still vote for our judges.  Here's my problem.  Sometimes, the best judicial candidate might not be in the party majority.  I know, I know.  Hard to believe isn't it?I've said before that I don't know that an open election for judges is the best way to ensure the public has the best judiciary available...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on January 04, 2009 (boomark / email).