Author Question: A constitutional initiative petition is ________. A. a way in which voters may place a proposed ... (Read 103 times)

frankwu · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

A constitutional initiative petition is ________.

A. a way in which voters may place a proposed state constitutional amendment on the ballot by petition
B. a way in which political action committees can unite in order to pressurize state legislators to put a proposed state constitutional amendment on the ballot
C. a way in which a governor can bypass the legislature and appeal directly to the people to petition their legislative representatives to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot
D. a way in which members of the judiciary can, by a majority signing a petition, place a proposed state constitutional amendment on the ballot
E. a defunct, nineteenth-century political device

Question 2

KP Inc. is a software company based in California and is part of the Association of Software Companies (ASC), a local interest group. Which of the activities represents a direct strategy to exert influence?

A. ASC collects 10,000 and donates it to the local 10K health marathon.
B. A representative from the ASC is sent to Washington to convince officials about stricter laws on copyright infringement of software.
C. KP Inc. organizes a conference on software piracy for all software companies in California.
D. ASC arranges for an awareness campaign on software piracy through television commercials which is scheduled to be aired during the Super Bowl.
E. KP Inc. launches a series of print as well as radio advertisements for its new anti-virus software.