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Voting and Elections
gov unit 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| defining electoral systems | the set of rules that structure how votes are cast during an election and how votes are converted in the the allocation of seats |
| What are the three rules (EF, BS, DM) | Electoral Formula Ballot Structure District Magnitude |
| Electoral Formula | tells us how we translate votes into a winner 1.plurality electoral formula (greatest # wins) (general elections) 2.simple majority (more than 50% to win) (primary elections) 3.Proportional election formula (everyone wins their %) (not USA) |
| Ballot Structure | candidate centered - names of people Party centered - parties not names |
| District Magnitude | Single member districts (DM=1) - my one vote causes ONE winner Multi Member district (DM>1) -Multiple member districts |
| What are the two Systems | Majoritarian (plurality or simple majority)(candidate centered and single member districts) proportional (proportional party centers and multi Member districts) |
| what's a runoff election | when there's not a simple majority (more than 50%) in a primary not in general election |
| Primary V General Election | Primary is held my political parties to select nominees general is to determine who will hold office |
| open v closed primary | in primary election if state uses open primary then when you vote you can vote in either party closed primary is you can only votes for the party you are registered for TEXAS = open |
| Voter registration in texas | 18y/o resident of county you want to vote in us citizen cant be a on patrol probation or prison for felony |
| process of voter registration in texas | registered 30 days prior you can mail in registration, go to the DMV, NO ONLINE |
| how many states register to vote online | most - almost all |
| absentee voting and types of absentee voting in texas | mail in your ballot 1. qualified - TEXAS (less than half) 2. no excuse - ask and you will receive it (majority) 3. automatic - everyone gets one (handful) |
| how many states have early voting | almost all (47) |
| reapportionment and what it leads to | census form sent to determine the population of states to determine the seats in the house (leads to redistricting) Texas currently has seats in the house 38 |
| whose in charge of redistricting in texas what do the other states do | state legislature the people - independent redistricting commision |
| how many states have legislatures in charge of redistricting | majority |
| How do Majoritarian Elections Work? | first past the post |
| Primary elections | this is the nomination round only get to vote for one party and votes go to who runs in general election Texas is a Simple Majority (50%) |
| General Election | Winner of primary run in General Uses Plurality (greatest number) |
| how does Felonies work for voting | in TX if you are in Prison, Probation, or parole |
| NAACP vs Stein | claims TX is discriminant bc they use VOter ID |
| Types of polling places | Voting presinct (election day) - voting Broken into small areas and each presinct has ONE area to vote in. Voting Centers (early voting) available to everyone Texas has these |
| Reapportionment vs Redistricting | Reapportionment is the reallocation of seats in us house of reps based off census Redistrictingg is the redraw of boundary lines of who reps you |
| redistricting issues... | gerrymandering |
| gerrymandering types | racial (not allowed) -VRA section 2 Partisan (allowed) - "no limit to precise standard" - Rucho v Common cause" |
| Word for when the court cant decide or answer the gerrymander question | non justiciability |
| Allen v Milligan | new map (1 instead of two democrat sections) (packing) |
| what three things to court look at to see if its racial gerrymander | Large/Impact Politically cohesive Results |
| Alexander v South Carolina | Follows 3 ruled and isn't racial gerrymander bc its not a large enough imact |
| US v Texas... Lulac v Abbot... Louisiana v Callais | US v Texas : sue Biden bc of map and so many law suits it was called this Lulac v Texas: the future version of US v Texas after it was dropped Lousisiana V Callais L said all action 2 should be taken down which would cause all these cases to go away... |
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