POLS 1312 1st Edition Lecture 10 Outline of Last Lecture I Party system II Voting trends Outline of Current Lecture I Campaigns and restrictions II demographics of elected officials Current Lecture Political campaigns reflect the influence of the media via tvs trash talks and money TV and radio ads popular form of campaigning for people Political action committee am organization device used by corporations labor unions and other organizations to raise money for campaign contributions Texas Ethics Commission a state agency that enforces state standards for lobbyist and public officials including registration of lobbyist and public officials Campaign Reform Act enacted by the US congress and signed by George Bush in 2002 this law restricts the donation of soft money and hard money for election campaign Soft money donations made to national parties for federal election purposes Hard money campaign money donated directly to candidates or political parties and restricted in amount by federal law By 2013 Latinos have 2 statewide positions U S senator 6 representatives and 40 legislative seats By 2013 blacks have one statewide position 4 representatives 20 legislative seats These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute There used to be obstacles to voting with literacy test poll tax all white primaries racial gerrymandering and diluting minority votes Certain government agencies must offer voter registration to clients i e motor registration offices
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