{"id":7942,"date":"2023-03-05T05:54:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T05:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/texas-government\/"},"modified":"2023-03-05T05:54:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T05:54:44","slug":"texas-government","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/texas-government\/","title":{"rendered":"texas government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;CHOOSE ONE<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The current Texas Constitution was designed to provide greater public control over government, effectively limiting the government&#8217;s power.&nbsp; Thus, the people are given a direct say in the amendment process.&nbsp; Look at the proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution from 2017, 2019, and 2021.&nbsp; Choose one of these amendments to research.&nbsp; In your response, you should explain the amendment process in Texas and the background of the amendment you have chosen to discuss.&nbsp; What groups support or oppose the amendment and what are their arguments?&nbsp; Explain which side you agree with and why.&nbsp; If the amendment received a vote in an amendment election, what was the result?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>According to Chapter&nbsp;5 of the textbook, what are some of the historical and more recent barriers to voting in Texas?&nbsp; (Be specific) What accounts for the low level of voter participation in Texas?&nbsp; What can be done to increase voter participation?&nbsp; (Specifically, discuss at least two policy proposals that election officials could adopt.)&nbsp; After the 2020 election,&nbsp;state legislatures controlled by Republicans (including the Texas Legislature) have been debating and passing election reforms.&nbsp;Counties are in charge of administering elections in Texas. What were some of the proposed changes to election laws in Texas in 2021&nbsp;and how would they impact a county&#8217;s ability to administer elections?&nbsp; Do you think these changes pose undue restrictions on the ability of Texans to vote?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Using the data from Chapter 7, discuss in detail the gender, racial and educational makeup of the Texas Legislature.&nbsp;Does it adequately represent the population of the state?&nbsp; If the Texas Legislature had more people of color, more women, or more people of varying levels of education, do you think it would pass different policies?&nbsp;If so, what kinds of policies might they pass?&nbsp; (<strong>Be specific here<\/strong>.)&nbsp; Does the part-time nature of the Texas Legislature encourage or discourage people from particular occupations to run?&nbsp;Do you think a full-time legislature could make the legislature more representative?&nbsp; Why or why not?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;CHOOSE ONE The current Texas Constitution was designed to provide greater public control over government, effectively limiting the government&#8217;s power.&nbsp; Thus, the people are given a direct say in the amendment process.&nbsp; Look at the proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution from 2017, 2019, and 2021.&nbsp; Choose one of these amendments to research.&nbsp; In your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[203],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/7942"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/7942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=7942"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=7942"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=7942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}