Elections: The formal process of selecting a person for public office or of accepting or rejecting a political proposition by voting.
The U.S. Constitution specifically delegates the power to conduct elections to the states. The national government has never run an election, but it can oversee how states run elections.
- Article 1, Section 2:
- Article 1, Section 3:
- Article 1, Section 4:
- Article 2, Section 2
The U.S. Election Code:
- 2 U.S. Code Chapter 1 - ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES.
- 3 U.S. Code Chapter 1 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES.
- 52 U.S. Code: Title 52 - Voting rights, etc....
The Texas Constitution and Elections:
- Article 3,
- Article 4,
- Article 5,
The Texas Election Code:
The Texas Secretary of State:
- TX SOS: Welcome to Texas Elections.
The Counties and Elections:
- Brazoria County Clerk.
- Harris County Clerk's Office Elections Department.
The General Election:
The Primary Election:
- Partisan Elections
- - primary elections
Criteria for Winning:
- Plurality: electoral process in which the candidate who polls more votes than any other candidate is elected. It is distinguished from the majority system, in which, to win, a candidate must receive more votes than all other candidates combined. Election by a plurality is the most common method of selecting candidates for public office. - Britannica.
- Majority: A majority voting system is an electoral system in which the winner of an election is the candidate that received more than half of the votes cast. In the event that no candidate wins an outright majority, a runoff election is held between the top two vote-getters. For this reason, majority systems are sometimes referred to as two-round systems. - Ballotpedia.
- Super Majority: a requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level of support which is greater than the threshold of more than one-half used for a simple majority. Supermajority rules in a democracy can help to prevent a majority from eroding fundamental rights of a minority, but they can also hamper efforts to respond to problems and encourage corrupt compromises at times when action is taken. - Wikipedia.
- 2/3rds
- 4/5ths
- Consensus
Terminology
times, places, and manners clause
presidential electors
role of states
winner take all elections
federalism and elections
number of elected officials
the long ballot
Texas Secretary of State
County Clerks
elections
general elections
primary election
open primaries
closed primaries
direct primaries
preference primaries
blanket primaries
majority election
runoff elections
plurality elections
rank ordered elections
democracy
representation
polls
poll workers
election judges
alternate judges
process
midterm elections
midterm loss
districts
reapportionment
redistricting
one person, one vote
gerrymandering
- partisan
- racial
- techniques: cracking / packing
competitive districts
non-competitive districts
safe district
Links:
- U.S. Constitution.
- GovTrack: Congressional Districts Map.
- U.S. Code
- Texas Constitution.
- Texas Statutes: Election Code.
- Texas Redistricting.
- Texas Redistricting: CURRENT DISTRICTS.
- Brazoria County: Sample Ballots.
