 Often, the voter would choose a specific party, and vote for everyone from that party.Some states have had an option (sometimes known as a master lever) to select "vote straight-ticket Democrat" and "vote straight-ticket Republican" that voters can check instead of voting for each race; states that do so include Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Oklahoma, and South Carolina.West Virginia, Michigan, and Iowa abolished the practice in 2015, 2016, and 2017, respectively, though Michigan's repeal was blocked by the federal judiciary until the 2018 elections over discrimination issues, and was reinstated through a ballot proposal that same year.