[EL] detail about straight-ticket devices

[Pildes, Rick]

I had already updated the post regarding the NH legislature, which I did mean to include in the original post.  These other more refined details that Richard mentions regarding NM and NJ didn't seem worth including because they only make the post more complex without making any difference to the larger point the post is about.

From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Winger
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 9:20 PM
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Subject: [EL] detail about straight-ticket devices

A recent blog post on ElectionLawBlog by Rick Pildes said, as far as he knew, in all states that have abolished the straight-ticket device in the last 20 years, it was always Republican state governments that did that.  However, the New Hampshire Democratic legislature and Democratic Governor were the forces that abolished the device in 2007.

Also the post said that New Mexico and New Jersey have straight-ticket devices, but they don't.  The New Jersey straight-ticket device exists in the primary, not the general, and is not really a straight-ticket device, but a strange device that makes it possible for primary voters to vote for the party-endorsed candidates.

Richard Winger
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