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straight ticket
(redirected from Straight-ticket voting)

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straight ticket
n.
A ballot cast for all the candidates of one party.
straight ticket
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) US a ballot for all the candidates of one and only one political party Compare split ticket
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Noun1.straight ticket - a ballot cast by a voter who votes for all the candidates of one party
balloting, vote, voting, ballot - a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"; "they allowed just one vote per person"
split ticket - a ballot cast by a voter who votes for candidates from more than one party
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TOM EATON: The former Republican state senator from Keene, running to regain his seat from Molly Kelly, tells The Keene Sentinel that he doesn't believe in straight-ticket voting.
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