State Government Review

A set of statutes that concern criminal offenses is called what?

• Prize Code
• Penal Code
• Priority Code
• PayPal Code

What is the method of selecting state judges in which a state committee prepares a list of qualified candidates?

• Montana Plan
• Maryland Plan
• Missouri Plan
• Mississippi Plan

In most states who elects state supreme court judges?

• Citizens
• Vice President
• Attorney General
• Grand Jury

In select states the ________ appoints supreme court judges.

• Attorney General
• Governor
• Secretary of State
• State Treasurer

What is the name of the process by which voters may remove an elected official from office?

• Ratification
• Recall
• Remand
• Repeal

Legislatures divided into two houses are called what?

• Unicameral
• Spicameral
• Bicameral
• Cameral

A ___________ is a direct vote by a proposal, law, or political issue.

• Recall
• Referendum
• Remand
• Repeal

Citizens are able to initiate, or start, new legislation through a process called the ___________ .

• Petition
• Law
• Initiative
• Plan

To begin an initiative, citizens write a _________ describing the law they are proposing

• Petition
• Prescription
• Penal Code
• Poem

A required number of voter must then sign the petition. If enough ________________ are collected then the proposition appears on the ballot at the next general election

• Phone Calls
• Text Messages
• Emails
• Signatures