Author Question: How do the staggered terms of state boards and commissioners affect the governor? a. It is hard ... (Read 51 times)

anjilletteb · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

How do the staggered terms of state boards and commissioners affect the governor?

a. It is hard for the governor to remove his or her predecessor's appointees, which impedes progress.
b. A governor has to wait at least two years to get majorities favoring his or her policies on most boards.
c. For three years, a predecessor's appointees technically do not answer to the current governor.
d. The governor cannot enact new policies until a predecessor's appointees have left.

Question 2

If the governor neither signs nor vetoes a bill during the allotted time, it __________.

a. is automatically introduced in the next regular session on a fast track
b. dies for lack of a signature
c. goes back to committee for more deliberation
d. becomes a law without his signature