final exam 3

Black Codes

• Poll tax payment

• Literacy tests

• Grandfather clause

• Annual registration

• White Primaries

• Property ownership restrictions

• Women’s lack of suffrage

main types of primaries:

• Closed: Voters must be registered in the party of the primary that they attend. This excludes independents.

• Open: Voters can vote in either primary and usually decide which one they will vote in the day of the primary election.

• Blanket (AKA Jungle): The ballot is not restricted to candidates from one party and is completely open to all registered voters.

how politcal action comitees help people

• Help wealthy donors and candidates more

• Help incumbents more

• Often comes from outside the candidates’ district.

Citizens United versus the Federal Election Commission (FEC)

PACs as "the same as people" meaning that they have speech rights just like a person does

limits

• $2,700 per election to a federal candidate or the candidate's campaign committee. 

• $5,000 per calendar year to a PAC. 

• $10,000 per calendar year to a State or local party committee. 

• $33,900 per calendar year to a national party committee. 

• $100 in currency (cash) to any political committee.

types of elections

primary- narrows the nominees (first Tuesday of March even number years)

general- nominee who wins majority vote

runoff- resolves a race where no canidates wins a majority

referendum- the public votes on laws rather than canindates

recall elections- to get a canidate out of office before the end of their term

main types of primaries

• Closed: Voters must be registered in the party of the primary that they attend. This excludes independents.

• Open: Voters can vote in either primary and usually decide which one they will vote in the day of the primary election.

• Blanket (AKA Jungle): The ballot is not restricted to candidates from one party and is completely open to all registered voters.

responsible party voter

They are meant to give voters  a clear choice of candidates by establishing priorities and policy differences

temporary stature

Party Primaries are run by every party on the first Tuesday in March of even-numbered years to select nominees and choose county and precinct party officials. Precinct Conventions are open to any primary voter as a delegate. There they can submit and debate resolutions, adopt resolutions to go to county and district conventions and choose delegates for later conventions. These take place the day of the primary, County and District Conventions also adopt resolutions to go to state and elect delegates for state and party leadership positions. They are held on the 3rd Saturday after 1st Tuesday in March. State Conventions are very important. They certify primary winners as official, set their party rules and platforms, select national delegates, committee members and Texas' 38 electors. They are in June of even years. The National Convention is for the official selection of Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates for each party and is done by delegate vote.  

permennate structure

Precinct Chairs are elected in precincts on the primary election day. They, along with the County chair make up the County Executive Committee. At their convention, there will be a vote on who makes up the State Executive Committee. This vote is by delegate and by the board, not directly by you and I. The State board MUST be 1 man and 1 woman from each of 31 senatorial districts and chaired by 1 man and 1 woman also elected by delegates. That's 64 people total for every party in Texas! They will, in turn, organize a convention to register Texas' vote for who will sit on the National Executive Committee, which handles the presidential race.