Direct Democracy

1. Direct Democracy

2. 1.What is the key difference between proposition/initiative and a referendum? • Electorate rather than legislature led

3. 2. How many US states currently have a proposition/initiative process? 24 (and Washington DC)

4. 3. How many initiatives were put to Voters in total in 2012? 42

5. 4. How many of the 2012 initiatives were successful? 17 of 42

6. 5. Give one argument in support of the proposition/initiative process.

7. 6. Give one argument against the proposition/initiative process.

8. 7. In 2012, which state rejected marijuana for medical use through an initiative? Arkansas

9. 8.Which state approved the medical use of marijuana in 2012? Massachusetts

10. 9. Give one advantage or strength of the recall process

11. 10. Give one weakness or problem with the recall process.

12. 11. Which of the following states did not approve same sex marriage through a 2012 initiative? Maryland, Maine, or Mississippi Mississippi

13. 12. Which governor faced a recall Election in June 2012? A bonus if the state can be named as well Scott Walker Wisconsin

14. 13. Which political issue prompted the successful recall of two Colorado Democrats in September 2013? Gun control laws

15. 14. How many states offer some form Of referendum? All 50

16. 15. What did not get abolished in California after Proposition 34 failed in 2012? Death Penalty

17. 16. In which state was same sex marriage allowed in 2009 by state law, repealed, and then allowed after an initiative in 2012? Maine

18. 17. Which state governor was successfully recalled in 2003? Gray Davis, California

19. 18. In what year was the governor of North Dakota removed from office by a recall election? 1921

20. 19. In what year was the proposition Process first adopted in the USA? 1898 South Dakota

21. 20. What issue was being voted on in California’s Proposition 23 in 2010? Greenhouse gas emissions (rejected the suspension of law aiming to reduce them)