Jack Lessenberry

Well, it now seems almost certain that on November 8th, Michigan voters will be able to fill in one little oval and cast what’s called a straight ticket vote for a political party’s entire list of candidates for all offices. Michigan Republicans have tried hard to outlaw that practice because they think it hurts their candidates more – especially for so-called “down-the-ballot” jobs like state board of education and trustees of the University of Michigan. The Legislature outlawed straight ticket voting last year.