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NC's Constitution & Gov't
Checks & Balances in NC's Constitution
State & Federal Authority
NC's Taxation & Gov't
Potpourri
100
a change to a constitution
What is an amendment?
100
the county's highest elected law-enforcement officer
What is a sheriff?
100
redrawing the boundaries of political districts (follows a census)
What is redistricting?
100
tax on the sale of most goods and services
What is sales tax?
100
another word for law
What is a statute?
200
the chief executive of a state (in NC, Bev Perdue)
What is a governor?
200
a direct popular vote on an issue, or the submission of a law to popular vote
What is a referendum?
200
misuse of public office for private gain (i.e. politics)
What is (political) corruption?
200
tax on individual earnings
What is (personal) income tax?
200
permission for a fee to engage in certain state-sanctioned acts such as hunting or getting married
What is a license?
300
person serving on a city or town council (e.g. Mr. Showers)
What is an alderman?
300
the second highest member of a state's executive branch (comparable to a vice president at the federal level)
What is a lieutenant governor?
300
taking territory to make it a part of an existing city
What is annexation?
300
tax on real estate based on its value
What is property tax?
300
tax on the profits of businesses
What is corporate (income) tax?
400
NC's legislative branch, composed of a senate and house of representatives
What is the General Assembly?
400
official responsible for the management of public records
What is a registrar of deeds?
400
budget in which expenses equal revenue (mandated in NC and most other states)
What is a balanced budget?
400
tax on the production or sale of certain goods and services
What is an excise tax?
400
leader of county government
What is a county commissioner?
500
belief that government authority comes from the people
What is popular sovereignty?
500
the highest state court with a chief justice and six associate justices (landmark cases include State v. Mann and Leandro v. NC)
What is the North Carolina Supreme Court?
500
redistricting in unnatural ways to gain a political advantage
What is gerrymandering?
500
official amount of tax owed, especially property tax
What is an assessment?
500
dividing the powers of gov't among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches
What is separation of powers?