2306 Texas Government Final Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
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
Most important federal law - ✔✔Voting Rights act of 1965
EMILY CHARLENE © 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
,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 cases are almost exclusively intended to correct private
issues such as breaches of contracts or various negligence issues.
EMILY CHARLENE © 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2
, 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.
Felonies - ✔✔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.
EMILY CHARLENE © 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 3
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
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
Most important federal law - ✔✔Voting Rights act of 1965
EMILY CHARLENE © 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
,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 cases are almost exclusively intended to correct private
issues such as breaches of contracts or various negligence issues.
EMILY CHARLENE © 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2
, 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.
Felonies - ✔✔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.
EMILY CHARLENE © 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 3
