Texas Elections: Voting and Electoral Process in the Texas Experiment - Flores 2024

The Texas Experiment, First Edition Chapter 5: Elections and Voting  The Role Of Voting (1 of 6) Democracy Collective governance Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 2  The Role Of Voting (2 of 6) Since Our Country’s Found...

The Texas Experiment, First Edition Chapter 5: Elections and Voting  The Role Of Voting (1 of 6) Democracy Collective governance Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 2  The Role Of Voting (2 of 6) Since Our Country’s Founding, We Have Been Debating Electoral Issues Representative form governments become the norm. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 3  The Role Of Voting (3 of 6) Elections Are Critical in our Society Retrospective judgment. Prospective judgment. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 4  The Role Of Voting (4 of 6) Election Cycles And Campaign Contributions Elections according to set calendar. Each state decides election processes. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 5  The Role Of Voting (5 of 6) Election Cycles And Campaign Contributions Laws determine candidates receiving contributions. Election periods. Campaign donations. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 6  The Role Of Voting (6 of 6) Eligibility to vote in Texas Voter requirements per Texas constitution. Voter registration. Voter ID. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 7  Barriers to Voting (1 of 9) Voter disenfranchisement in Texas Is Not New Post-Civil War: Maintaining white social order. “Separate but equal" treatment. White Texans entrenched electoral rights. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 8  Barriers to Voting (2 of 9) Jim Crow Laws Imposed racial segregation. System upheld by local officials. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 9  Barriers to Voting (3 of 9) Jim Crow Laws Laws limiting interracial coalitions. Poll taxes. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 10  Barriers to Voting (4 of 9) The White Primary “The White Man's Union Associations.” White primaries definition. Texas prevailed in various lawsuits. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 11  Barriers to Voting (5 of 9) Property Ownership Texas required owning property to vote. Later required to vote in bond elections. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 12  Barriers to Voting (6 of 9) Ballot Access Resolute in disenfranchising Black people. Inclusion in Voting Rights Act. 1982-2006: Leading in violating Sections 5 and 2. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 13  Barriers to Voting (7 of 9) Ballot Access 1975: Texas subject to Section 5. Years to comply with bilingual ballot provisions. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 14  Barriers to Voting (8 of 9) Barriers Affecting Voters with Disabilities Texans with disabilities face obstacles. SB 1 further restricts voting rights. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 15  Barriers to Voting (9 of 9) Legislation to Ease Voting Motor voter. Federal MOVE act of 2009. Help America Vote Act (HAVA). Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 16  Enfranchisement to the Political Process (1 of 6) Suffrage Right to vote in election. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 17  Enfranchisement to the Political Process (2 of 6) The Women’s Suffrage Movement: A Tug of War in Texas A decades-long national fight. Early Efforts Toward Suffrage. Texas Woman Suffrage Resolution. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 18  Enfranchisement to the Political Process (3 of 6) The Women’s Suffrage Movement: A Tug of War in Texas 19th Amendment. Women-Only Supreme Court. W. T. Johnson et al. v. J. M. Darr, et al. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 19  Enfranchisement to the Political Process (4 of 6) The Women’s Suffrage Movement: A Tug of War in Texas Miriam A. Ferguson. Wallace B. Jefferson. Equal rights and women’s movement today. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 20  Enfranchisement to the Political Process (5 of 6) The Civil Rights Movement Black women active in women’s suffrage. 1950s: women’s right to vote. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 21  Enfranchisement to the Political Process (6 of 6) The Civil Rights Movement Protests, demonstrations, and boycotts. Civil Rights Act of 1964. Voting Rights Act of 1965. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 22  Electoral Districts (1 of 6) U.S. Constitution Requires States to Redraw Congressional Districts Every Ten Years Texas requires redistricting house and senate seats. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 23  Electoral Districts (2 of 6) Types of Districts Multiple varieties of districts exist. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 24  Electoral Districts (3 of 6) Redistricting Legally required to draw electoral districts. Happens every ten years. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 25  Electoral Districts (4 of 6) Redistricting Controlled by party in power. Intent of redistricting process. Gerrymandering. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 26  Electoral Districts (5 of 6) Redistricting after 2020 2020: new political districts drawn. Lawsuits brought against new districts. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 27  Electoral Districts (6 of 6) Redistricting after 2020 Civil rights groups sued Republican lawmakers. May 2022: Supreme Court denied emergency request. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 28  Texas Elections (1 of 7) Primaries Closed primary. Open primary. Each state schedules its primaries. Crossover voting. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 29  Texas Elections (2 of 7) General Election Competition between two party’s nominees. Local- and state-level elections. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 30  Texas Elections (3 of 7) Special Elections Held for many purposes. Texas dispenses with party primaries. Low turnout: electorate more conservative. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 31  Texas Elections (4 of 7) Straight Ticket Voting Selecting one party's complete slate of candidates. Contributes to one-party dominance. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 32  Texas Elections (5 of 7) Split-Ticket Voting Splitting votes from different parties. Used by Republicans and Democrats. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 33  Texas Elections (6 of 7) Absentee Ballots Absentee requirements strict. Requirements for absentee ballots. Limitations unchanged during pandemic. Reduction in ballot drop-off locations. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 34  Texas Elections (7 of 7) Absentee Ballots 2020: Texas Democratic Party filed federal lawsuit. 2021: Senate Bill 7. Texas passed Senate Bill 1. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 35  Election 2020 and Beyond (1 of 4) Voter Registration Surged throughout Texas prior to 2020 Election 66% of registered voters cast ballots. Paxton and electoral votes. January 6, 2021: Paxton and Capitol building attack. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 36  Election 2020 and Beyond (2 of 4) Online Voter Registration Texas government rejects calls. 2020: Texas forced to provide. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 37  Election 2020 and Beyond (3 of 4) Online Voter Registration Supply chain issues. Online voter registration as solution. Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 38  Election 2020 and Beyond (4 of 4) Electoral Reform Proposals to expand voting. Aimed to ensure non-purging of eligible voters. Ranked-choice voting (RCV). Flores, The Texas Experiment, 1e. © 2024 SAGE Publishing. 39