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Name :   Carol Julian
Organization :   KSU
Post Date :   9/27/2005

Glossary Comments
Glossary Term :  Straight Party Voting
Definition :  
Comment :  Current:

When voters are permitted a vote for all candidates on the ballot from a single political party by making only a single selection.
Association: voting
Source: VSS, IEEE 1583

Change:

A mechanism by which voters are permitted to cast a vote indicating the selection of all candidates on the ballot for a single political party.

Nature of change: Definition per 2002 VSS