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Local & Misc.
100
Name two types of courts in Texas.
What are Municipal Courts, JP courts, County Courts, District Courts, Courts of Appeals, Court of Criminal Appeals, Supreme Court
100
This is the current governor of Texas.
Who is Greg Abbott?
100
This person was the first female governor in Texas.
Who is Ma Ferguson?
100
This is the law that allows people to register to vote at the DMV.
What is the Motor Voter Act?
100
The Texas legislature has this many people in total.
What is 181?
200
____________ are where all felony cases start.
What is District Courts?
200
This is the term for a senator in Texas' legislature.
What is 4 years?
200
this is the year Texas joined the USA.
What is 1845?
200
Name two tactics of interest groups.
What are lobbying, electioneering, public persuasion, litigation, direct action, illegalities?
200
This is the form of city government that has a hired professional as the chief administrator.
What is council manager form?
300
This is the highest court for criminal cases in Texas?
What is the Court of Criminal Appeals?
300
The _______________ is in charge of the Texas House of Representatives.
Who is the Speaker of the House (Hon. Joe Strauss)?
300
This is the year our current constitution was written.
What is 1876?
300
This type of primary allows independents to participate.
What is an open primary?
300
This is one of the two roles of counties.
What is bring the state to the people and provide services?
400
This is the reason that judges retire early in Texas.
What is so the judges can fill their positions?
400
This person is in charge of regulating elections in Texas.
Who is the Secretary of State?
400
What are the three terms to describe Texas culture?
What is moralistic, traditionalistic, individualistic?
400
Name two rolls of third parties.
What are realignment, release valve, issues, vote splitting?
400
The plural executive limits the governor's ______________ powers.
What is appointment powers?
500
This is the number of county courts in Texas.
What is 254?
500
_______________ is the term for unfairly manipulating district boundary lines for political gain.
What is gerrymandering?
500
This is when Texas fully adopted a partisan system.
What is the 1850s?
500
Name four temporary party structures.
What are primaries, precinct, district, county and state convention?
500
This is the term for killing a bill by not allowing it to go through a committee vote.
What is pigeonholing?