Straight ticket? Split ticket? Both forms of voting are OK in Michigan's Nov. 5 election

Those voting in Michigan's Nov. 5 presidential election can split their tickets and vote for a mix of Democratic, Republican or third-party candidates.

That's different from the Feb. 27 and Aug. 6 primary elections, in which split-ticket voting was not permitted.

In the Nov. 5 general election, both straight-ticket voting — in which voters can through a single action support all candidates from one of the two major parties — and split ticket voting, which requires making individual choices for each race, is permitted.

Those who vote straight ticket should keep in mind that making that choice will not by itself complete all voting options on the ballot. Straight-ticket voters who want to make selections on the nonpartisan section of the ballot, which includes the Michigan Supreme Court and other judicial races, would have to make those choices separately.

In 2016, former Gov. Rick Snyder signed into law a ban on straight-ticket voting in general elections. The law passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature was struck down by a federal judge in Detroit, who said it could disproportionately harm Black residents in big Michigan cities by resulting in longer lines to vote. But the law was later upheld by the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.



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