Pols 2312 Chapter 9 Terms

Which of the following accurately describes voter registration requirements in Texas?

Which of the following barriers to voting in post-Reconstruction Texas was rarely used?

Which of the following was a contribution to eliminating barriers to voting for African Americans?

Which of the following barriers to voting was primarily used against Hispanics in Texas?

Texas extended voting rights to which of the following groups even before federal laws were passed?

Which of the following is a way of getting one's name on the ballot in Texas?

Electronic voting in Texas

Which of the following statements describes early voting in Texas?

In a closed primary election,

In an open primary election,

Which of the following is not an example of direct democracy?

Suffrage refers to

What eliminated the use of white primaries in Texas?

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

An electoral candidate without a political party affiliation

Which of the following accurately describes the Help America Vote Act?

On what day are national elections held?

The candidate who already holds the office up for election is called the

Second-order elections refer to

Voter turnout refers to

Which candidates do not receive votes in a roll off?

Party-line voting is a normal outcome of

Historically, voters who wished to cast a vote before election day had to qualify for

One reason that states began to pass laws to mirror HAVA rules was because

Early voting has ______________ since 1996.

The Help America Vote Act was created following irregularities in Florida during the ________ presidential election.

When the Help America Vote Act was passed into law, approximately ______ of Texas counties still used paper ballots.

Voter registration in Texas has ___________ since 1970.

Which state lacks any form of voter registration?

Texas voter turnout is _________ the United States as a whole.

Which demographic group turns out to vote in higher percentages in Texas than in Minnesota?

Political parties that have won more than ______ percent of the vote in the previous gubernatorial election must hold primaries.

Parties with less than 5 percent of the vote in the last gubernatorial election

A candidate who runs for office without seeking a party nomination is known as a(an)

What is credit claiming?

When a representative assists a voter with finding the correct office to file a workforce complaint, the representative has engaged in ________.

In 2010, Rick Perry spent ______ million on his reelection campaign.

Why will voters not know how much was spent during the 2014 election cycle until 2015?

A system in which the government covered the costs of campaigns is known as

Voluntary spending limits may be adopted by.