POLI 2056 Chapter : Poli Sci 2056
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1864-union const. when us takes la back c. 1868-sovereignity given back to la residents only who didn"t fight in the civil war d. 1879-former confederate allowed back by us. By this time, there was much enfranchisement(giving people voting rights) happening in the us a. 1898-disenfranchisement (ex: black people voting rights reduced from 145,000 to 1,500) b. One of two longest state constitutions in history of the u. s. People often refer to la system as "open primary system" Plurality vs. majority variation has a major impact on the outcome of the election. When edwin edwards was elected in 1971, la had a closed majority system. \ Primary was made up of edwin edwards, bennett johnston, gillis long, and aycock. Dave treen ws running on the republican ticket. Edwards beats treen in a good fought election. In april 1975, edwards decides he wants to change the election system.
