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1
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What were the US efforts to expand suffrage?

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constitutional amendments, us laws, and us court decisions

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What is the intent of registering to vote?

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Defeat fraud

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What is the effect of registering to vote?

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To reduce voting turn-off

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Primary election

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Partisan

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General election

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Partisan

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Special election

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Varied

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Local election

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Non-partisan

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What types of direct primaries are there?

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Open, blanket, and closed

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Open direct primary

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No party identification

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Blanket direct primary

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Vote on all candidates in both parties

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Closed direct primary

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Show party identification

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12
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Special elections

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Fill vacancies, constitutional amendments, local bond issues, and local referenda

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What are the two types of party organizations?

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Temporary and permanent

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Temporary party organization

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Party primary, precinct convention, county convention, and state convention

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What does the state convention do?

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Elect national delegates and elect permanent state committee

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Permanent party organization

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Primary election - the county executive committee and state executive committee

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What does the county executive committee do?

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Elect precinct chair and elect county chair

18
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Re-alignment party organization

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Historic one party state, conservative vs liberal ideology, 1990s: a two party state, party in the legislature

19
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What is campaign financing?

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It is needed to raise political money, the role of PAC’s, federal financing rules, and Texas state regulation

20
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Texas state regulation

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Texas Ethics Commission, designate campaign treasurer

21
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What is a defining characteristic of representative democracies?

A

Elections

22
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Which individuals are legally disqualified from voting?

A

Mentally incompetent

23
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Which lists are used to purge the names of voters from the voter registration polls?

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Corner’s reports, list of felony convictions, and list of adjudications of mental incompetence

24
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19th Amendment

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Full suffrage to women in Texas

25
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Smith vs. Allwright

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Banned the use of white primaries

26
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Carrington vs. Rash

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Members of the military could enjoy full rights of suffrage in Texas

27
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Which case changed the state’s early voter registration requirement in Texas?

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Beare vs. Smith

28
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Direct primary

A

A method of selecting the nominees from a political party where party members elect the candidates who represent them in the general election

29
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What did the Terrell Election enable political party members to do?

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Select political party nominees by allowing a direct primaries

30
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What does the Texas Election Code require of each political party?

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They receive 20% of the gubernatorial vote to hold a primary election

31
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What must a candidate do to win a Texas primary?

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Win 60% plus one of the vote

32
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When is a runoff primary vote held?

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When one of the two top contenders of a second primary did not receive a majority of the votes

33
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What does a closed primary allow?

A

Party members to participate

34
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When are the general elections in Texas held?

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Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even - numbered years

35
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Who is the chief election officer of the state?

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The secretary of state

36
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Who was the first African American elected to a state wide office in Texas?

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Morris Overstreet

37
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Soft money

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Money spent by political parties on behalf of political candidates, especially for the purposes of increasing voter registration and turnout

38
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Political action committees

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Organizations that raise and then contribute money to political candidates

39
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In state elections, what two factors predominate?

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Party identification and incumbency

40
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What is another name for the Massachusettes ballot?

A

Office block ballot

41
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Supporters of major political parties support which the use of which ballot?

A

Party column ballot

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