Alabama has made the ballot confusing for GOP'ers who want to vote for Doug Jones

[iluvtennis]

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Just shameful...the GOP is a bunch of thugs who steal elections

[Roland99]

1. Thats pretty normal. Either straight ticket or individual races.

[iluvtennis]

3. I'm a Californian, have never seen this selection of straight ticket.

[Ms. Toad]

5. Anyone who has previously voted in Alabama

should be familiar with it.

It is a state-by-state option.

There are a number of variations:

The straight party overrides everything
The straight party overrides everything but the presidential choice
The straight party votes for the party candidate when an affirmative choice for a candidate has not bee made.

I think it is obnoxious, but both parties lobby for it becuase it minimizes down-ticket defections.

[iluvtennis]

7. Thanks for clarifying. Like you, I think this is abomination

[Ms. Toad]

8. Looks like Alabama at least has the least bad version.

A vote for a specific candidate overrides a straight ticket vote.

[iluvtennis]

9. Yep, that's a blessing

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. People who live here and have voted are used to the ballot format.

It stands out a little weird this election because there is only one candidate for each party on the ballot.
The time to be confused was when Moore and Strange had their runoff.

[iluvtennis]

2. Clarification on the vote party lines or select an individual

Clarification is from Joyce Alene: University of Alabama Law Professor|Often on @MSNBC |Obama US Atty in B'ham|25 year federal prosecutor

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[Ferrets are Cool]

4. I am so glad to hear this. I had heard earlier that

if you selected both, it would get tossed.

[dubyadiprecession]

6. Oh look, they forgot that there are only two people on the ballot in this election.

[madaboutharry]

10. I've lived in other states that have this

choice.

[House of Roberts]

11. I filled in one bubble on the whole ballot.

The one next to Doug Jones' name. It didn't look at all confusing to me.
I have voted straight ticket in the past, when there were enough contested races to make it expedient.

[Alea]

12. This is not true.

You can choose either block and get the same result. There were plenty of poll workers there too to answer questions also. My only complaint is I wish the machine would give me a receipt showing the vote was counted and who my vote went to. I don't trust the machines. Hopefully it went to Jones, and hopefully the election will go to Jones!

[onenote]

13. As pointed out, if someone votes both straight party and for an individual

The individual vote counts.

People claiming that the votes will be tossed either don't know what they're talking about or are intentionally spreading misinformation.

Alabama is one of several (I think there are eight) states that have straight party voting as an option. It's been that way for a long time.