A party's gubernatorial nominee has influence over selection of the state party chairperson.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Q. 2Political parties developed slowly in Texas.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Q. 3Which of the following lessons can be taken away from the 2008 Democratic primary in Texas between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama?
A) Size matters. B) Front-loading is always beneficial. C) There are some advantages to having a late primary election date. D) The Texas primary handed the general election to Barack Obama. E) The Texas two-step encourages voter fraud.
Q. 4What was Governor Rick Perry's stated rationale for vetoing a bill that would have notified former prisoners when their voting rights were restored?
A) Just become someone has served their time, doesn't mean they have paid their debt to society.
B) Texas should not make a greater effort to register former inmates to vote than we would any other group of citizens in this state.
C) Former prisoners are mostly Democrats and we don't really want them to vote, now do we?
D) It is unfathomable that the state of Texas would waste its time and money to aid those who have wasted their lives away instead of being contributing members of society.
E) A poll tax is a poll tax is a poll taxeven if you dress it up and act like it's about helping those in need.
Q. 5The Republican Party was the dominant party in Texas in the early 1900s.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Q. 6Which of the following is NOT part of the authorization process?
a) the legislative establishment of a program
b) the specification of an agency to implement a program
c) a definition of the program's general purpose
d) provision of funds for a program
e) an indication of the approximate level of funding for a program
Q. 7Which of the following reduces the costs of voting?
A) Poll taxes B) Voter registration C) White-only primaries D) Early voting E) All of the above
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