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Texas Two Step

The nickname for the process used by the Texas Democratic Party to select delegates to the National Democratic Convention that involved participating in a Democratic Primary and a Democratic Caucus

Long Ballot

An election system that provides for the election of nearly every public official of any significance.

General Election

A statewide election to fill national and state offices, which is held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even numbered years.

Straight-Ticket Voting

Citizens casting their ballots only for the candidates of one party.

Split-Ticket Voting

Citizens casting their ballots for candidates of two or more parties for different offices during the same election.

Primary Election

An intra-party election during which a party's candidates for the general election are chosen.

Closed Primary

An election system that limits primary election participation to registered party members.

Open Primary

An election system that allows voters to pick the party primary o their choice without disclosing their party affiliation.

Runoff Primary Election

An election between the two top finishers in a primary election when no candidate received a majority of the vote in the initial primary.

Presidential Preference Primary Election

An election in which party voters cast ballots for the presidential candidate they favor and in so doing help determine the number of convention delegates that candidate will receive.

Caucus Method of Delegate Selection

a procedure for choosing national party convention delegates that involves party voters participating in a series of precinct and district or county political meetings.

Super Delegates

Democratic officeholders and party officials who attend the national party convention as delegates who are not officially pledged to support any candidate.

Nonpartisan Elections

Election contests in which the names of the candidates appear on the ballot but not their party affiliations.

Special Election

An election called at a time outside the normal election calendar.

Bond

A certificate of indebtedness issued to investors who loan money for interest income; in lay terms, an IOU.

Bond Election

An election for the purpose of obtaining voter approval for a local government going into debt.

Recall

A procedure allowing voters to remove elected officials from office before the expiration of their terms.

Initiative Process

A procedure whereby citizens can propose the adoption of a policy measure by gathering a prerequisite number of signatures. Voters must then approve the measure before it can take effect.

Local-Option (Wet-Dry) Elections

Elections held to determine whether an area legalizes the sale of alcoholic beverages.

At-Large Election

A method for choosing public officials in which every citizen of a political subdivision, such as state or county, votes to select a public official.

District Election

A method for choosing public officials in which a political subdivision, such as a state or county, is divided into districts and each district elects one official.

Redistricting

The process of redrawing the boundaries of legislative districts.

One Person, One Vote

The judicial ruling that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires that legislative districts be apportioned on the basis of population.

Voting Rights Act

A federal law designed to protect the voting rights of racial and ethnic minorities.

Gerrymandering

The drawing of legislative district lines for political advantage.

Legislative Redistricting Board (LRB)

An agency composed of the speaker, lieutenant governor, comptroller, land commissioner, and attorney general that draws the boundaries of Texas House and Senate seats when the legislature is unable to agree on a redistricting plan.

Election Campaign

An attempt to get information to voters that will persuade them to elect a certain candidate or not elect the candidate's opponent.

Political Action Committees (PACs)

Organizations created to raise and distribute money in political campaigns.

Incumbent

Current Officeholder.

Retrospective Voting

The concept that voters choose candidates based on their perception of an incumbent candidate's past performance in office or the performance of the incumbent party.

Prospective Voting

The concept that voters evaluate the incumbent officeholder and the incumbent's party based on their expectations of future developments.

Coattail Effect

A political phenomenon in which a strong candidate for one office gives a boost to fellow party members on the same ballot seeking other offices.

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There are four requirements for individuals to be eligible to vote in the state. They must be a resident of the state (30 days for the state of Texas), they must be 18 years old, must be registered or have a voters ID, and be US citizen.