Reply #12: That sounded strange to me too so I looked it up...

[Bjorn Against]

If the information I read is correct the elimination of straight ticket voting is not as big of a deal as it sounds, it is the rest of the bill that we need to be concerned about. My understanding is that Wisconsin has an option on their ballot in which you can check a single box for a party and you then don't have to vote for any of the individual partisan races, all candidates from that party will automatically be selected for you. People will still be able to vote a straight party ticket they will just have to check each race manually rather than only having to check a single box. Living in Minnesota I have never had the option to vote straight party ticket the way it seems to be defined in Wisconsin, nor do most other states. There are lots of bad things about this bill, but I think the elimination of straight-ticket voting is the least of our concerns.