ECONOM 1015 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Federal Election Campaign Act, Political Action Committee, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act
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Independent candidates; those unaffiliated with a party-often face significant challenges in simply getting on the ballot, as do candidates from smaller political parties. Term limits; limits on the number of terms politician can serve in a particular elected office. Primary election; where candidates compete with others from their party from the nomination for a particular office. Single-member districts; each state is subdivided into districts and each districts are represented by one legislator. Reapportionment; the actual number of districts after the decennial census where the number of representatives change to adjust to the state change in population. Redistricting; drawing district boundaries that affects both u. s. house and state legislator. Both state and congressional districts are drawn by state legislators often with the go(cid:448)er(cid:374)or"s approval required. Malapportionment; districts that are drawn must have nearly equal number of residents and ensures that representatives have the similar number of constituents.
