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How many voting members of the House?
435
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HOw long is a House term
2 yrs
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What is the term limit for the House
none
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How many House Members does CA have
53
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How many Senatros and term length and limit
100, 6 yrs, no limit
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How many CA Assembly Members?
80
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How long is Assembly terms and limits
2 yers, have term limits (TBD)
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How many members of CA Senate
40
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Term length of CA Senate
4 yrs, term limits TBD
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What is the fundamental philosophy of American Democracy
One person, one vote
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What is the Public v. Private Interest Debate?
Private; what can improve individuals life, liberty, and pursuit of hapiness
Public: While not taking away from others' for th sake of society interest, needs,
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Groups who previously couldn't vote
- Non land Owners
- blacks
- women
- resident aliens
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Means to Prevent Voting
- Poll Tax
- Literarcy test
- Intimidation
- Voter ID Laws
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Literacy test?
Disenfranchised illerate blacks, yet included a grandfather clause to allow illerate whites to vote
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Teachniques to Weaken Vote
- Gerrymanderin
- Cracking
- Packing
- White Primary
- At-large
- Malaproportioned Districts
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What is Cracking?
Divide electoral districts in a manner which minority population is divided, and thus underepresented in every districts. Thus never elect a candiate
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Packing?
Consolidate minoirty pop into onle elctoral districst, so all other districtw will remain white controlled
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What Protects People's Right to Vote?
The equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment
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Impedimients to 3rd parites
- Winer take all system
- can;t be in debates
- cannot run fusion ballots with other parites
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Common v. Civil Law
Common: British, 49 states, Court decesions shape law
Civil: LA, French, law is writeen down
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Difference between representative and direct democracy
Rep: Elect a Canidate is reprsent your interest
Direct: Ballot Meansure when populace actually votes on the law
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Means of Getting Measures on Ballot
Signatures
Legislature
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Three Elements of a Campagin
- M: message
- O: Organization (external and internal)
- M: money
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What is most money spent on in a campaing
Message
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Which aspect of campagin is most regulated
Money
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Names and Levels of CA State Courts
- 1. Trial Court---Superior Court
- 2. Appelate Court: CA Court of Appeals
- 3.Supreme: CA Supreme Court
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Federal Court Names and Types
- 1. Trial Court---District Court
- 2. Appellate Court---Circuit Court
- 3. Supreme--US Supreme Court
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Renike list, Standards for Districting
- 1.Districts should be numerically equal in population size
- 2. maintian contigual and compact area
- 3. preserve socila and economic commong interests
- 4/ When creating CA Sentate Districts, use adjacent Assembly Districts, and congressional
- 5. Maintian geographical region
- 6. Basis of reapportionment should be 1970 Census
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When does strict scrutiny apply
- 1. Suspect Class
- 2. Fundamental Right
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Whats the Application of Strict Scrutiny
- 1. Compelling state interest
- 2. Narrowly Tailored
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When does rational basis apply
action is rationally related to a legitimate government interst
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Application of Rational Basis
Rational/reasonable state interest
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What Kind of Primary does CA have?
Open Primary: top two vote getter, regardless of party, go to general election
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When looking at a statue the Court Considers
Legislative history and legislative intent
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What does Section 2 of Voting Rights act do?
Intent is not needed for a violation
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Section 5 of Voting Rights Act
Places that have historical discrimination, in order to change "voting qualification or standard practice" must be approved by Attorney Genral or US district court
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Allen v. State Board of election
Voters Rights act was intended to protect all action necessary to make a vote effective
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Type of Messages
Negative and Positive
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Internal Organization of Campaign
Running the business (logistics), ex. Treasuer
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External organziation of campaign
volunteers, filed people
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HOw much money spend on organziaton v. message
- Organization: 15%
- Message: 70%
- Rasing More Money: 15%
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What is a PAC
Political Action Commitee
Was created because previously corporation and union s couldn't directionly give canidates money
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Three Major Forces in Democracy
- Rights of Majoirty v. Minority
- Public Interest v. Private FActions
- Office holder exercising personal judgement or doing what electorate wants
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