Bill Title: Voting matters. Provides that when a voter casts a straight party ticket in a general or municipal election, the voter is casting a ballot for all candidates of that party whose names appear on the ballot, except candidates for offices in a county or municipality for which more than one individual can be elected (county council member at large; city common council member at large; town council member at large; township board member at large). Groups such offices together on the general election ballot, and requires a voter to cast an individual vote for each candidate for such offices for

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-03-21 - Public Law 21 [SB0061 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Greg Walker [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-041	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Randall Head [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-018	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Pete Miller [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-024	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kathy Richardson [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-029	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Milo Smith [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-059	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Ober [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-082	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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