One of the most prominent examples of the political success of minorities due to a court-ordered ...

One of the most prominent examples of the
 
  political success of minorities due to a court-ordered change in municipal election systems in Texas was the election of a Hispanic mayor in the 1980s in San Antonio. This individual rose to national prominence as a cabinet secretary in the Clinton administration. Who was he?
  A) Ed Garza
  B) Gus Garcia
  C) Raymond Caballero
  D) Elzie Odom
  E) Henry Cisneros

 Q. 2

Civil rights organizations used the Voting Rights Act to challenge which of these types of elections in Texas?
 
  A) Single-member district B) At-large-by-place municipal elections C) At-large-by zone elections D) At-large-by ward elections E) None of the above

 Q. 3

An election system in which all positions on the council or governing body are filled by city-wide elections is known as a/an A)
 
  at-large-by district election. B) at-large-by place election. C) at-large by zone election. D) city-wide election. E) single-member district election.

 Q. 4

Until the 1970s, city council elections in Texas tended to be
 
  A) single-member district elections. B) specialized district elections. C) at-large-by-place elections. D) partisan elections. E) ward elections.

 Q. 5

Municipal elections in Texas are held on a(n) _____________ basis, while county elections are conducted on a __________ basis.
 
  A) nonpartisan/partisan B) annual/biennial C) partisan/nonpartisan D) majority-rule/plurality-rule E) unregulated/state-regulated

 Q. 6

An election system in which a candidate runs from and represents one district, rather than the entire geographic area encompassed by the government, is known as an
 
  A) at-large-by-place system. B) at-large district system. C) single-member district system. D) specialized district system. E) exclusive district system.

 Q. 7

As a result of amendments made in 1999 by the Texas Legislature to the Municipal Annexation Act, a city must take all of the following steps in order to annex property into the city limits EXCEPT
 
  A) develop a three-year annexation plan and not annex the target area in that three-year period.
  B) make and inventory of current services in the area and require negotiations and arbitration regarding services.
  C) provide all services currently provided in its full-purpose boundaries no later than two-and-a-half years after annexation.
  D) conduct at least two public hearings and not reduce service levels in the area from what they were before annexation.
  E) pay the property taxes on the acquired land for the first ten years after annexation.