State Civics
A body of government made up of two chambers.
What is a bicameral legislature?
This is presented by the executive branch 30 days after the start of the year or 60 days the first year of a new administration.
What is the Governor's Budget?
The three legs of this model are: Legislative/Administrative, Media, and Grassroots/Grasstops
What is the foundational elements of advocacy/lobbying?
What does good advocacy appeals to ______.
What is the head and the heart?
The job of this branch is to interpret laws.
What is the judicial branch?
The leader of the House of Representatives.
Who is the Speaker of House? or Who is Matt Hall?
This committee where the budget is housed.
What is appropriations?
This type of advocacy involves telling the community and/or legislature about an issue.
What is education?
A personal meeting, video, blogs/op-ed, podcast/audio, interview (internal or external), social media graphics and legislative testimony.
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What are ways to communicate your message?
This is where most bills go to die.
What is a committee?
The leader of the executive branch.
Who is the governor?
The federal government can go into debt, but the state constitution requires this.
What is a balanced budget?
This is the specific ask to support or oppose a bill.
What is lobbying?
This type of messaging is 30 seconds long and you should have at the ready.
What is an elevator speech?
A goal that is Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time-bound.
What is a SMART goal?
This person assigns senators to committees in the State Senate.
Who is the State Senate Majority Leader. Or Who is Winnie Brinks?
This happens twice a year--usually in January and May--and gives the legislature a picture of the budget.
What is the CREC- Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference?
The most important piece of advocacy is building this with your legislator?
What is a relationship?
When speaking or talking about your issue--especially with the media and legislators--one should avoid these.
What is jargon and acronyms?
This requires a 2/3 majority vote in both the house and senate.
What is a veto override?
The time frame from the end of election season until the new year.
What is lame duck?
The governor has this power to remove specific items in the budget.
What is a line item veto?
This person is an expert, but often under values themselves.
Who am I?
Breaking down your audience into different groups with different messages.
What is segmenting your audience?
Very specific actions you will take to achieve your strategy.
What are tactics?