Elections and Campaigns

3. A procedure that allows voters to cast ballots during a two-week period before the regularly scheduled election date.
5. The requirement that a voter register long before the general election; in effect in Texas until 1971.
9. A national act passed in 1993 that requires states to allow people to register to vote when applying for a driver's license.
10. Primary election in which only White voters were eligible to participate.
14. The process in which candidates run for office beginning with campaigns for the party primary and ending with the general election, usually in November.
15. The right to vote.
16. A primary election in which any registered voter can participate in the contest, regardless of party affiliation.
18. redrawing election districts and redistributing legislative representatives in the Texas House

1. offshoot Democratic Party preselected candidates for the Democratic primary and prohibited Black people from participating.
2. A primary election in which only registered members of a particular political party can vote.
4. A second primary election held between the two candidates who received the most votes in the first primary election if no candidate in that election received an absolute majority.
6. The process that takes place every 10 years to determine how many congressional seats each state will receive
7. Ratified in 1920, amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote.
8. A ballot vote in which citizens select a party's nominee for the general election.
11. An election that is not held on a regularly scheduled basis; in Texas, a special election is called to fill a vacancy in office, to give approval for the state government to borrow money, or to ratify or reject amendments to the Texas Constitution.
12. A state-imposed tax on voters as a prerequisite for voting
13. The election in which voters cast ballots to select public officials.
17. required any changes to election procedures or district lines to be approved by the U.S. Department of Justice