BREAKING: Federal Court BLOCKS Texas' repeal of straight ticket voting option.

[Gothmog]

This will be appealed but this is still great news

Link to tweet

[marble falls]

1. Mixed feelings.

[Gothmog]

2. The party is happy

I never vote straight ticket. I like making sure that I go all of the way down the ballot and I like voting for each candidate. My kids think that I am strange

[marble falls]

3. Yep. And being here in Texas there are local slots where there are only Gop and Greens running ...

real, honest to goodness Greens.

[Gothmog]

6. Not in my county

We are contesting all races now

[marble falls]

7. Great news. Has to be Harris or Travis. Here in Burnet, I've seen more Democrats running ...

but still nowhere enough. I think for county offices we only have one judge.

[LeftInTX]

4. Why did it take a judge 6 months to make a decision?

Yes it will be appealed.

Meanwhile everyone seems to think that straight ticket is back!

Everyone reads "federal judge" and they assume it is "set in stone".

[More_Cowbell]

5. One reason why the GOP doesn't like it

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/16/685815783/meet-black-girl-magic-the-19-african-american-women-elected-as-judges-in-texas

The new (last year) judges said they benefited from Beto's campaign and from straight ticket voting.