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Pol 101 Chapter 6
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 3
12/09/2012

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To recall a governor requires getting a number of signatures on a petition equal to what percent of the number of votes cast in the most recent election for governor?
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12%
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To qualify a proposed statute (not a constitutional amendment) for the ballot, an initiative petition must be signed by a number of registered voters equal to at least ___ percent of the number of votes cast in the most recent election for governor.
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5
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Criticisms of the initiative process include all of the following except
Definition
c.
voters spend so much time trying to understand the initiative process that it causes “voter fatigue,” whereby the voters are less likely to get out and vote on election day
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The initiative is
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c.
a proposition for a written law that is initiated by the voters.
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California’s present constitution was adopted in
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1879
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True or False. An initiative can be used to amend, but not to revise the state constitution.
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a.
true
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The California constitution has been amended over ____ times.
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500
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The referendum is
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a.
Referred to the voters by the legislature
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