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What was Governor Rick Perry's stated rationale for vetoing a bill that would have notified former prisoners when their voting rights were restored?
 
  A) Just become someone has served their time, doesn't mean they have paid their debt to society.
  B) Texas should not make a greater effort to register former inmates to vote than we would any other group of citizens in this state.
  C) Former prisoners are mostly Democrats and we don't really want them to vote, now do we?
  D) It is unfathomable that the state of Texas would waste its time and money to aid those who have wasted their lives away instead of being contributing members of society.
  E) A poll tax is a poll tax is a poll taxeven if you dress it up and act like it's about helping those in need.

Question 2

The Republican Party was the dominant party in Texas in the early 1900s.
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

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Answer: FALSE





 

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