2306 Texas Government Final Exam Q&A
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Special elections - ✔✔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 - ✔✔A procedure allowing the people to vote to dismiss an elected
official from state office before his or her term has expired.
Independent candidates - ✔✔Candidate who runs in a general election
without party endorsement or selection
First state in south to end women suffrage - ✔✔Tennessee provided the
critical 36th state;
Texas and the 19th amendment in 1920
Disfranchise minority before the 60's did not use - ✔✔Federal citizenship
test
Case that removed all white primary - ✔✔smith v. allwright
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,Most important federal law - ✔✔Voting Rights act of 1965
What did legislation pass in 2011 - ✔✔requiring Photo ID to vote
Early voting - ✔✔14 days or two weeks before
Who is in charge of redistricting - ✔✔State legislature
When does redistricting occur - ✔✔Every 10 years
Reapportionment - ✔✔The process of reallocating seats in the House of
Representatives every 10 years on the basis of the results of the census.
Preclearence - ✔✔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 - ✔✔They
cannot cancel elections
What is the biggest cost of a campaign - ✔✔Media
Who is the most important party in a campaign - ✔✔Candidates
What are civil cases - ✔✔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
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, cases are almost exclusively intended to correct private issues such as
breaches of contracts or various negligence issues.
What court presides over civil cases - ✔✔Texas Supreme Court
What is necessary to become a Texas Judge - ✔✔35 years or older; 10
years experience
Court of Criminal appeals - ✔✔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 - ✔✔14
How many Justice of the peace in Texas - ✔✔
Legal Minimalism - ✔✔"There is a big difference between what you have a
right to do and what is right to do."
---Justice Potter Stewart
Criminal Case - ✔✔is a legal dispute dealing with an alleged violation of a
penal law.
Parties in a Criminal Case - ✔✔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.
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100% Solved | Graded A+
Special elections - ✔✔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 - ✔✔A procedure allowing the people to vote to dismiss an elected
official from state office before his or her term has expired.
Independent candidates - ✔✔Candidate who runs in a general election
without party endorsement or selection
First state in south to end women suffrage - ✔✔Tennessee provided the
critical 36th state;
Texas and the 19th amendment in 1920
Disfranchise minority before the 60's did not use - ✔✔Federal citizenship
test
Case that removed all white primary - ✔✔smith v. allwright
1
©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
,Most important federal law - ✔✔Voting Rights act of 1965
What did legislation pass in 2011 - ✔✔requiring Photo ID to vote
Early voting - ✔✔14 days or two weeks before
Who is in charge of redistricting - ✔✔State legislature
When does redistricting occur - ✔✔Every 10 years
Reapportionment - ✔✔The process of reallocating seats in the House of
Representatives every 10 years on the basis of the results of the census.
Preclearence - ✔✔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 - ✔✔They
cannot cancel elections
What is the biggest cost of a campaign - ✔✔Media
Who is the most important party in a campaign - ✔✔Candidates
What are civil cases - ✔✔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
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, cases are almost exclusively intended to correct private issues such as
breaches of contracts or various negligence issues.
What court presides over civil cases - ✔✔Texas Supreme Court
What is necessary to become a Texas Judge - ✔✔35 years or older; 10
years experience
Court of Criminal appeals - ✔✔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 - ✔✔14
How many Justice of the peace in Texas - ✔✔
Legal Minimalism - ✔✔"There is a big difference between what you have a
right to do and what is right to do."
---Justice Potter Stewart
Criminal Case - ✔✔is a legal dispute dealing with an alleged violation of a
penal law.
Parties in a Criminal Case - ✔✔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.
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