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21 Cards in this Set
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Sound bite |
The brief statement of the candidates team communicated By Radio or TV |
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Political action committee |
organizational device used by corporations labor unions and other organizations to raise money for campaign |
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Texas ethics Commission |
The agency that enforces state standards for lobbyists and public officials |
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Soft Money |
unregulated political donations made to National political parties on behalf of candidates |
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Hard Money |
Campaign money donated directly to candidates or political parties and restricted in amount by federal law |
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Independent expenditures |
pay for political campaign Communications. This is not given to or made at the request of candidate's campaign |
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Super PAC |
Only committees that made Rays unlimited sums of money for Corporation unions, non-profit organizations and individuals |
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Campaign Reform Act |
Restrict the donation of soft money and hard money for election campaigns. |
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Gerrymandering |
drawing the boundaries of a district designed to affect representation of a political party |
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Grandfather clause law |
Exempted people from educational property or text requirements for voting |
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White primary |
and nominating system designed to prevent African-Americans and Latinos from participating in Democratic primaries |
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Elections Administrator |
persons appointed to supervise voter registration |
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Voting systems |
Texas history paper ballot, Optical scan and direct recording electronic (DRE) |
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Primary |
A preliminary election conducted within the party to select candidates who will run for public office in the next election |
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General election |
held in November of even number years to let a county and state officials from among candidates nominated in primaries |
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Direct Primary |
A nominating system that allows voters to participate directly in the selection of candidates to public office |
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Runoff Primary |
held after the first primary to allow party members to choose a candidate from the first primary's top two vote-getters. |
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Closed primary |
a primary in which voters must declare their support for a party before they are permitted to participate in the selection of candidates. |
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Open Primary |
A primary in which voters are not required to declare party identification |
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Jungle primary |
Nominating process in which water is indicate their preference by using a ballot and labels all persons seeking a nomination. |
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Canvass |
is used to scrutinize the results of an election and then confirm and certify the vote tally for each candidate |
