16 states use straight-ticket devices on general election ballots. However, in 5 of those states, bills are pending to abolish the device. Those 5 states are Kentucky, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

The Kentucky bill, SB 53, is sponsored by the state’s only independent legislator, Senator Bob Leeper of Paducah. The New Mexico bill, SB 52, is sponsored by a Republican, Steve Komadina, so it probably won’t make any headway (since the New Mexico legislature has a Democratic majority). Republicans tend to be opposed to straight-ticket devices and Democrats tend to be for them, but there are exceptions. The New Hampshire Senate, controlled by Democrats, has already passed the anti-straight-ticket bill.