Question 1

Closed Primary

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A primary election in which only registered members of a particular political party can vote

Question 2

Early Registration

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The requirement that a voter register long before the general election; in effect in Texas until 1971

Question 3

General Election

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The election in which voters cast ballots to select public officials

Question 4

Motor Voter Law

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A national act, passed in 1993, that require states to allow people to register to vote when applying for a drivers license

Question 5

Nineteen amendment

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Allowed women to vote; Texas first state in the south to ratify

Question 6

Open primary

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A primary election in which any registered voter can participate in the contest, regardless of party affiliation

Question 7

Poll tax

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A state imposed tax on voters as a prerequisite for voting; were rendered unconstitutional in national elections by the twenty fourth amendment, and in state elections by the Supreme Court in 1966

Question 8

Preclearance

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Provision under section 5 of the voting rights act of 1965 requiring any changes to election procedures or district lines to be approved by the U.S department of justice or the U.S district court for the District of Columbia

Question 9

Primary Election

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A ballot vote in which citizens elect a party's nominee for the general election

Question 10

Reapportionment

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Process that takes place every ten years to determine how many congressional seats each state will receive, depending on population shifts

Question 11

Redistricting

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The process of redrawing election districts and redistributing legislative representatives in the Texas house, Texas senate and U.S house; this process usually happens every Ten years to reflect shifts in population or in response to legal challenges in existing districts

Question 12

Runoff Primary

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A second primary election held between the two candidates who received the most votes in the first primary election if no candidate in the first primary election had received a majority

Question 13

Special election

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An election that is not held on a regularly scheduled basis; in Texas, this is called to fill a vacancy in office, to give approval for the state government to borrow money or to ratify amendments to the Texas Constitution

Question 14

White primary

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Primary election in which only white voters are eligible to participate

Question 15

Closed

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Officially, Texas has which kind of Primary?

Question 16

During even numbered years that are not presidential election years

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When are gubernatorial elections held?

Question 17

Restricted the participation of poor people in the general election

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What is true about the poll tax?

Question 18

Republicans

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Who has benefited most from early voting?

Question 19

William clements

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Who is the first republican to become Texas governor since reconstruction?

Question 20

Media

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The most costly item for most political campaigns is

Question 21

Select leaders, authorize actions by government and borrow money on behalf of government

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Elections are the mechanisms people use to

Question 22

In nonpresidential election years

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When are major state officials elected?

Question 23

To borrow money, fill vacancies, amendments, debt projects

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What is the purpose of special elections?

Question 24

Independent and because it is tough to get on the ballot and the party support

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Which party is difficult to run and why?

Question 25

Signing petitions, Protesting and writing letters to the newspaper and elected officials

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Other forms of political participation include

Question 26

Franchise

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Refers to the act of voting or the right to vote

Question 27

Migrant Workers

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Early registration effectively prevented who from voting?

Question 28

Voting Rights Act of 1965

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Important legislation passed in order to ensure that African Americans would be guaranteed the right to vote. Renewed several times since 1965, the acts also prevents the dilution of minority voting strength

Question 29

Federal examiners were sent to southern states to register voters

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What was one provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

Question 30

Eighteen years of age, a U.S citizen, a resident of Texas country for 30 days, a resident of the county for 30 days

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What're the qualifications to vote?

Question 31

Low levels of educational attainment, low income levels, high poverty rates

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What're the six mentioned factors in low voter turnout?

Question 32

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A young population located in the South

Question 33

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The traditionalistic/individualistic political culture

Question 34

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Candidate-centered elections, little competition, Lack of media attention to substantive issues, Large numbers of undocumented residents and felons

Question 35

Education and income

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What're the most important factors to determine who will vote?

Question 36

At large elections for council members, Issues with Voter ID laws, Reduced number of polling places, Broken voting machines, Misleading information provided to voters, Voter intimidation

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What are some current barriers to voting?

Question 37

Smith v Allwright

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Ended the all white primary

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