Chapter 9

Question 1

anyone who hopes to vote in texas needs an approved form of government-issued photo ID

Answer 1

texas voter ID law

Question 2

the national voter registration act, which allows citizens to register to vote when applying for or renewing their driver’s license

Answer 2

motor voter act

Question 3

the granting of voting rights only to those citizens whose grandfathers had the right to vote; kept african americans from voting; used in all southern states except Texas

Answer 3

grandfather clause

Question 4

an annual tax that had to be paid before one was allowed to vote; used in Texas

Answer 4

poll tax

Question 5

court throws out white primary.

Answer 5

smith vs. alright

Question 6

congress and states can’t condition right to vote in federal elections on any form of tax (poll tax)

Answer 6

24th amendment

Question 7

a candidate running for office without a political party affiliation

Answer 7

independent candidate

Question 8

stevenson cheated but lyndon outcheated stevenson and won the election…alice 13

Answer 8

landslide lyndon

Question 9

intraparty election in which candidates compete to determine who will win the party’s nomination in the general election

Answer 9

primary election

Question 10

an interparty election in which candidates from two or more political parties and independent candidates compete for actual political office

Answer 10

general election

Question 11

a primary in which voters do not register party affiliations and receive ballot papers containing the names of all candidates from all political parties running for office; usually voters may choose only one candidate per office rather than one candidate per political party

Answer 11

blanket primary(wide-open)

Question 12

a system that allows a candidate to run simultaneously as a Democratic and a Republican candidate, essentially competing in both parties’ primaries

Answer 12

cross filing

Question 13

the number of people casting ballots in a given election

Answer 13

voter turnout

Question 14

the advantage derived from incumbents’ ability to point to positive outcomes for which they are responsible

Answer 14

credit claiming

Question 15

a system of campaign financing in which citizens, interest groups, labor unions, and corporations donate funds to cover the cost of elections for political parties or candidates

Answer 15

private financing

Question 16

a system of campaign financing in which the government covers the cost of elections for political parties or candidates

Answer 16

public financing

Question 17

the legal right to vote

Answer 17

suffrage

Question 18

a test of a prospective voter’s ability to read and understand aspects of American Government; used to bar african american from voting in post-reconstruction south ; not Texas

Answer 18

literacy tests

Question 19

the attempt by the democratic party in Texas and other southern states to limit the voting in party primaries only to party members, in Texas, this practice was codified in state law.

Answer 19

white primary

Question 20

court strikes down poll tax in virginia state in local government as a violation of equal protection clause

Answer 20

harper vs. virginia

Question 21

a federal statute that eliminated literacy tests as a qualification to vote, greatly increasing african americans’ access to the ballot box

Answer 21

voting rights act of 1965

Question 22

federal statute enacted after the 2000 presidential election to effectively standardize election procedures.

Answer 22

help america vote act (HAVA)

Question 23

a voting system that allows a voter to cast a ballot before an election without giving a specific reason, thus making voting more convenient for the voter.

Answer 23

early voting

Question 24

a primary election in which the winning candidate directly receives the party nomination

Answer 24

direct primary

Question 25

an electoral contest in which voters are not required to declare a party affiliation to participate but must request a specific party’s ballot at the primary; voters are subsequently barred from participating in the other party’s primary.

Answer 25

open primary

Question 26

a type of election in smdm that is held when an election fails to yield a clear majority winner in the initial balloting; the runoff is limited to the top two vote-getters from the initial election, ensuring a majority win.

Answer 26

runoff election

Question 27

the practice of selecting all the candidates for officer who are running under a party label simply by checking off a single box marked with the party label.

Answer 27

straight ticket voting

Question 28

the current officeholder

Answer 28

incumbent

Question 29

the process of solving problems for constituents

Answer 29

casework

Question 30

the reporting of who contributes money to a campaign and how much is contributed by an individual or corporation

Answer 30

disclosure

Question 31

an electoral contest restricted to party loyalist that excludes supporters of other political parties and independent voters

Answer 31

closed primary

Question 32

14th amendment, state laws and constitutions treat all citizens the same.

Answer 32

equal protection clause