GOVT 2306 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: White Primaries, Equal Protection Clause, Revenue Bond
20 Oct 2016
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Bond elections for city, county, and state governments. First election held in the electoral cycle. Second tuesday in march of even numbered years. Determine that party"s nominees for the general election. Conducted by the party and funded by both the party and state. Winning primary election requires majority vote, where he/she has more votes than the others combined. If there is no majority, there is a runoff primary between the two highest voted candidates. Voter cannot vote for both party runoffs. But primary election identification does not roll over to runoff primary voting. Open primary allows voter to vote for any party but cannot vote in both, open to any registered voter. There is no party identification commitment when voting. Poll tax - powerful political bosses had economic power and personal influence over latino voters. Prevented poor people from being able to vote.
