Prompt:
Access and stream the movie The Big Buy: How Tom Delay Stole Congress; free online. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6rzv Links to an external site. ADDITIONAL LINK IF NEEDED https://vinneo.com/235850615 Links to an external site. Choose from one of the prompts below, to respond to
Thinking about federalism and the how power is distributed between multiple levels of government, including the federal and state level; identify current federal and Texas laws that regulate elections; such as those that provide for determining electoral processes, eligibility to participate in an election; selection methods, winning requirements, candidate qualifications; determining when and where election is held. Discuss inconsistencies and provide some possible examples to explain the potential effects these could have on electoral outcomes, of who is deemed winner, and ultimately achieving democratic representation of the appropriate people (constituents) who will be electorally linked and impacted by the winner of a political office.
