Responsibilities of the precinct chair include all except which of the following?

Responsibilities of the precinct chair include all except which of the following?
 
  a. Contacting known and potential party members
  b. Arranging the precinct convention
  c. Serving as a member of the county executive committee
  d. Organizing party activities in the neighborhood
  e. Serving as a delegate to the county or senatorial district convention

 Q. 2

Direct democracy may grant all of the following powers to citizens EXCEPT
 
  a. raise or cut taxes.
  b. electing candidates to office.
  c. vetoing laws.
  d. removing an elected official from office.

 Q. 3

The lowest grassroots level of permanent political party structure in Texas is the
 
  a. county chair.
  b. precinct convention.
  c. precinct chair.
  d. county convention.
  e. state convention delegation.

 Q. 4

In 2011, what did the Humane Society do to place pressure on Congress to modify regulations on raising chickens?
 
  a. It circulated ballot initiatives in two states, only to withdraw them after brokering a deal with the United EggProducers.
 b. It had petition gatherers dress up in chicken suits to collect ballot initiative signatures.
  c. It hired Col. Sanders to lobby for a new law.
  d. It used ballot measures to change the law in a dozen states.

 Q. 5

The Texas Two-Step is
 
  a. the existence of both county and senatorial district conventions.
  b. a requirement that the winner of a presidential primary in Texas appeal to both Republicans and Democrats.
  c. a traditional dance, which has fallen out of favor in recent years, performed by the winner of the presidential preference primary in recognition of the cultural heritage of Texans.
  d. the procedure whereby voters first vote in the presidential preference primary and then attend separate party caucuses.
  e. election of delegates to county and senatorial district conventions followed by completely separate elections to the state conventions.

 Q. 6

Legislative districts where district lines are drawn so that people from a specific minority group comprise a majority of voters in the district are called
 
  a. minority districts.
  b. majority districts.
  c. majority-minority districts.
  d. racial-representational districts.

 Q. 7

Which of the following is not a plank of the 2010 Texas Republican Party platform?
 
  a. Abolition of bilingual education
  b. Capital punishment as an effective deterrent
  c. Abolition of the U.S. Department of Education
  d. Abolition of abortion
  e. A fair path to citizenship for illegal immigrants

 Q. 8

As of 2014, roughly what percentage of state legislators are women?
 
  a. 10 percent
  b. 25 percent
  c. 40 percent
  d. 55 percent