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Figure 9.3:<\/a> Image of the front and back pages of an official two-page paper ballot for the California Gubernatorial Recall Election, held September 14, 2021, in Los Angeles County. The ballot is printed in black text on white and light purple paper with orange section headers. Front Page (Page 1 of 2) contains three sections. On the left, a blue \"Instructions to Voters\" panel with diagrams showing how to mark the ballot using black or blue ink, fill in circles, and how to write in candidates. A \"Voter-Nominated Offices\" note explains party preference labeling. The center column presents the recall question under the heading \"STATE \u2014 CALIFORNIA GUBERNATORIAL RECALL ELECTION\": voters are asked \"Vote YES or NO \u2014 Shall GAVIN NEWSOM be recalled (removed) from the office of Governor?\" with two bubbles for YES and NO. Below that, voters are instructed to vote for ONE candidate to succeed Newsom if recalled. Candidates listed (with party preference and occupation) beginning in this column include Brandon M. Ross, Sam L. Gallucci, Ted Gaines, Caitlyn Jenner, Leo S. Zacky, Jenny Rae Le Roux, David Lozano, Steve Chavez Lodge, Michael Loebs, Denis Lucey, Diego Martinez, and Jeremiah \"Jeremy\" Marciniak. The right column continues with additional candidates including Daniel Mercuri, Jacqueline McGowan, David Moore, David Alexander Bramante, Holly L. Baade, Angelyne, James G. Hanink, David Hillberg, Jeff Hewitt, John R. Drake, Larry A. Elder, Kevin Paffrath, Adam Papagan, Armando \"Mando\" Perez-Serrato, and John Cox. Back Page (Page 2 of 2) continues the candidate list across two columns, including Heather Collins, Daniel Watts, Nickolas Wildstar, Sarah Stephens, Denver Stoner, Joe M. Symmon, Major Singh, Doug Ose, Dan Kapelovitz, Kevin K. Kaul, Chauncey \"Slim\" Killens, Kevin Kiley, Patrick Kilpatrick, Anthony Trimino, Joel Ventresca, Kevin L. Faulconer, Rhonda Furin, Robert C. Newman II, Dennis Richter, and a Write-In Candidate line. The ballot ends with \"End of Ballot.\" A QR code and ballot style information appear in the lower right corner.<\/p>\r\n

Figure 12.2:<\/a> Choropleth map of Texas showing population density by census tract, based on U.S. Census Bureau Census 2000 Summary File 1 data. The map uses an 11-category color scale ranging from dark green (fewer than 1 person per square mile) through yellow and orange to dark red (more than 5,000 persons per square mile). The vast majority of western and central Texas appears in dark to medium green, indicating very low population density of fewer than 25 people per square mile. The Trans-Pecos region in the far west and the Panhandle in the north are among the most sparsely populated areas. High-density clusters shown in orange and red correspond to major urban centers: the Dallas\u2013Fort Worth metroplex in the north-central region shows the largest and most intense concentration; Houston in the southeast shows a similarly dense urban core; San Antonio in south-central Texas and Austin slightly northeast of it also display elevated density. Smaller orange and red clusters are visible near El Paso in the far west and Corpus Nekaj on the Gulf Coast. The eastern third of the state shows generally moderate density (light green to yellow, roughly 10\u2013100 people per square mile), while the Rio Grande Valley along the southern border shows pockets of higher density near urban areas. The overall pattern reflects Texas's concentration of population in a small number of large metropolitan areas surrounded by expansive, sparsely populated rural land.<\/p>","rendered":"

Figure 9.3:<\/a> Image of the front and back pages of an official two-page paper ballot for the California Gubernatorial Recall Election, held September 14, 2021, in Los Angeles County. The ballot is printed in black text on white and light purple paper with orange section headers. Front Page (Page 1 of 2) contains three sections. On the left, a blue “Instructions to Voters” panel with diagrams showing how to mark the ballot using black or blue ink, fill in circles, and how to write in candidates. A “Voter-Nominated Offices” note explains party preference labeling. The center column presents the recall question under the heading “STATE \u2014 CALIFORNIA GUBERNATORIAL RECALL ELECTION”: voters are asked “Vote YES or NO \u2014 Shall GAVIN NEWSOM be recalled (removed) from the office of Governor?” with two bubbles for YES and NO. Below that, voters are instructed to vote for ONE candidate to succeed Newsom if recalled. Candidates listed (with party preference and occupation) beginning in this column include Brandon M. Ross, Sam L. Gallucci, Ted Gaines, Caitlyn Jenner, Leo S. Zacky, Jenny Rae Le Roux, David Lozano, Steve Chavez Lodge, Michael Loebs, Denis Lucey, Diego Martinez, and Jeremiah “Jeremy” Marciniak. The right column continues with additional candidates including Daniel Mercuri, Jacqueline McGowan, David Moore, David Alexander Bramante, Holly L. Baade, Angelyne, James G. Hanink, David Hillberg, Jeff Hewitt, John R. Drake, Larry A. Elder, Kevin Paffrath, Adam Papagan, Armando “Mando” Perez-Serrato, and John Cox. Back Page (Page 2 of 2) continues the candidate list across two columns, including Heather Collins, Daniel Watts, Nickolas Wildstar, Sarah Stephens, Denver Stoner, Joe M. Symmon, Major Singh, Doug Ose, Dan Kapelovitz, Kevin K. Kaul, Chauncey “Slim” Killens, Kevin Kiley, Patrick Kilpatrick, Anthony Trimino, Joel Ventresca, Kevin L. Faulconer, Rhonda Furin, Robert C. Newman II, Dennis Richter, and a Write-In Candidate line. The ballot ends with “End of Ballot.” A QR code and ballot style information appear in the lower right corner.<\/p>\n

Figure 12.2:<\/a> Choropleth map of Texas showing population density by census tract, based on U.S. Census Bureau Census 2000 Summary File 1 data. The map uses an 11-category color scale ranging from dark green (fewer than 1 person per square mile) through yellow and orange to dark red (more than 5,000 persons per square mile). The vast majority of western and central Texas appears in dark to medium green, indicating very low population density of fewer than 25 people per square mile. The Trans-Pecos region in the far west and the Panhandle in the north are among the most sparsely populated areas. High-density clusters shown in orange and red correspond to major urban centers: the Dallas\u2013Fort Worth metroplex in the north-central region shows the largest and most intense concentration; Houston in the southeast shows a similarly dense urban core; San Antonio in south-central Texas and Austin slightly northeast of it also display elevated density. Smaller orange and red clusters are visible near El Paso in the far west and Corpus Nekaj on the Gulf Coast. The eastern third of the state shows generally moderate density (light green to yellow, roughly 10\u2013100 people per square mile), while the Rio Grande Valley along the southern border shows pockets of higher density near urban areas. The overall pattern reflects Texas’s concentration of population in a small number of large metropolitan areas surrounded by expansive, sparsely populated rural land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"back-matter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/theexcitingdynamicsofstateandlocalgovernment\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/570"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/theexcitingdynamicsofstateandlocalgovernment\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/theexcitingdynamicsofstateandlocalgovernment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/back-matter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/theexcitingdynamicsofstateandlocalgovernment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/theexcitingdynamicsofstateandlocalgovernment\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":571,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/theexcitingdynamicsofstateandlocalgovernment\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/570\/revisions\/571"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/theexcitingdynamicsofstateandlocalgovernment\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/570\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/theexcitingdynamicsofstateandlocalgovernment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"back-matter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/theexcitingdynamicsofstateandlocalgovernment\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter-type?post=570"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/theexcitingdynamicsofstateandlocalgovernment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=570"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/theexcitingdynamicsofstateandlocalgovernment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}