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2306 Texas Government Final Exam Questions and Answers
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2306 Texas Government Final ExamQuestions and Answers
Special elections - Answers -used to fill vacant offices. grant approval for government
borrowing. ratify amendments. no primary required. nonpartisan. designed to meet
special or emergency needs. winner must receive a majority of votes.
No impeachments
Recall - Answers -A procedure allowing the people to vote to dismiss an elected official
from state office before his or her term has expired.
Independent candidates - Answers -Candidate who runs in a general election without
party endorsement or selection
First state in south to end women suffrage - Answers -Tennessee provided the critical
36th state;
Texas and the 19th amendment in 1920
Disfranchise minority before the 60's did not use - Answers -Federal citizenship test
Case that removed all white primary - Answers -smith v. allwright
Most important federal law - Answers -Voting Rights act of 1965
What did legislation pass in 2011 - Answers -requiring Photo ID to vote
Early voting - Answers -14 days or two weeks before
Who is in charge of redistricting - Answers -State legislature
When does redistricting occur - Answers -Every 10 years
Reapportionment - Answers -The process of reallocating seats in the House of
Representatives every 10 years on the basis of the results of the census.
Preclearence - Answers -Shelby v Holder;
mandated by the Voting Rights Act of 1965; the prior approval by the justice department
of changes to or new election laws by certain states
What modern day tactics are not used to keep voters from voting - Answers -They
cannot cancel elections
, What is the biggest cost of a campaign - Answers -Media
Who is the most important party in a campaign - Answers -Candidates
What are civil cases - Answers -legal case involving civil law or common law, which
involves disputes between individuals or organizations in which some form of
compensation may be awarded to the victim. A civil case may also be referred to as civil
action, civil proceedings, or a civil suit. Civil cases are almost exclusively intended to
correct private issues such as breaches of contracts or various negligence issues.
What court presides over civil cases - Answers -Texas Supreme Court
What is necessary to become a Texas Judge - Answers -35 years or older; 10 years
experience
Court of Criminal appeals - Answers -In Texas, if someone has been charged with
murder and is facing the death penalty, which court automatically has jurisdiction over
the case?
How many court of appeals in Texas - Answers -14
How many Justice of the peace in Texas - Answers -
Legal Minimalism - Answers -"There is a big difference between what you have a right
to do and what is right to do."
---Justice Potter Stewart
Criminal Case - Answers -is a legal dispute dealing with an alleged violation of a penal
law.
Parties in a Criminal Case - Answers -Defendant - The criminal defendant is the party
charged with the criminal offense.
Prosecutor - The prosecutor is the attorney who tries a criminal case on behalf of the
government.
Felonies - Answers -is a serious criminal offense, such as murder or sexual assault.
Convicted felons may be fined heavily and sentenced to as many as 99 years in prison.
Texas law divides felony offenses into five categories - Answers ---capital, and first-,
second-, third-, and fourth-degree (state jail) felonies--with fourth-degree being the least
serious category.
Misdemeanors - Answers -a relatively minor criminal offense, such as a traffic violation.
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