Forms of Direct Democracy
This form of direct democracy lets voters confirm or repeal laws passed by the legislature.
What is a referendum?
This must be submitted along with an initiative proposal for legal and financial review.
What is the proposed text of the initiative?
This western state had 42 total ballot measures in the 2016 election.
What is California?
This common voter issue can happen when they don’t understand ballot language.
What is confusion?
This actor replaced Governor Gray Davis after a recall election in California.
Who is Arnold Schwarzenegger?
This type of referendum is placed on the ballot by citizens to overturn a law.
What is a popular referendum?
In California, this percentage of votes from the last governor's race is needed to qualify a law initiative.
What is 5 percent?
This state requires about twice as many signatures as California to place initiatives on the ballot.
What is Oklahoma
Ballot measures often receive fewer votes than these high-profile contests.
What are governor or presidential elections?
This governor spent $60 million in a failed 2012 Wisconsin recall.
Who is Scott Walker?
This form allows voters to remove an elected official before their term is up.
What is a recall?
Before appearing on the ballot, petition signatures must be verified by this office.
Who is the secretary of state?
This New England state allows town meetings as a form of local direct democracy.
What is Massachusetts?
High costs of signature gathering can lead to control by these powerful groups.
What are special interests or wealthy individuals?
This 1996 California initiative legalized medical marijuana.
What is proposition 215?
This type of referendum originates from the legislature and asks voters to ratify their decision.
What is a legislative referendum?
This official in Oregon may review initiatives for legality.
What is a attorney general?
According to the passage, these U.S. regions tend to allow fewer forms of direct democracy.
What are the eastern and southern states?
This controversial 2008 California proposition confused voters with its title.
What is Proposition 8?
In this year, Colorado passed Amendment 64 to legalize recreational marijuana.
What is 2012?
This form of direct democracy lets citizens bypass the legislature to propose new laws or amendments.
What is an initiative (or proposition)?
California voters needed nearly this many signatures to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot by 2022.
What is 997,139? (Or if they get close enough)
This map label applies to states like Florida and Mississippi that allow ballot measures but not referendums.
What is "Initiative"?
This federal law still classifies marijuana as illegal, despite state initiatives.
What is the Controlled Substances Act (CSA)?
In Gonzales v. Raich (2005), the Supreme Court said this level of government could criminalize marijuana use.
What is the federal government (or U.S. government)?