AG Paxton Seeks Stay After Federal Judge Reverses Course and Orders Straight-Ticket Voting

AG Paxton Seeks Stay After Federal Judge Reverses Course and Orders Straight-Ticket Voting

Attorney General Ken Paxton

AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following statement today after U.S. District Judge Marina Garcia Marmolejo blocked Texas’ law to eliminate straight-ticket voting after dismissing a previous lawsuit raising nearly identical claims: “I am disappointed that the Court departed from its prior reasoning and imposed straight ticket voting only weeks before a general election. My office has filed a motion to stay the district court’s injunction,” said Attorney General Paxton. “In addition, my office will file an immediate appeal of the district court’s ruling in order to defend […]