Chapter 4 Flashcards
What were the US efforts to expand suffrage?
constitutional amendments, us laws, and us court decisions
What is the intent of registering to vote?
Defeat fraud
What is the effect of registering to vote?
To reduce voting turn-off
Primary election
Partisan
General election
Partisan
Special election
Varied
Local election
Non-partisan
What types of direct primaries are there?
Open, blanket, and closed
Open direct primary
No party identification
Blanket direct primary
Vote on all candidates in both parties
Closed direct primary
Show party identification
Special elections
Fill vacancies, constitutional amendments, local bond issues, and local referenda
What are the two types of party organizations?
Temporary and permanent
Temporary party organization
Party primary, precinct convention, county convention, and state convention
What does the state convention do?
Elect national delegates and elect permanent state committee
Permanent party organization
Primary election - the county executive committee and state executive committee
What does the county executive committee do?
Elect precinct chair and elect county chair
Re-alignment party organization
Historic one party state, conservative vs liberal ideology, 1990s: a two party state, party in the legislature
What is campaign financing?
It is needed to raise political money, the role of PAC’s, federal financing rules, and Texas state regulation
Texas state regulation
Texas Ethics Commission, designate campaign treasurer
What is a defining characteristic of representative democracies?
Elections
Which individuals are legally disqualified from voting?
Mentally incompetent
Which lists are used to purge the names of voters from the voter registration polls?
Corner’s reports, list of felony convictions, and list of adjudications of mental incompetence
19th Amendment
Full suffrage to women in Texas
