What Is a Constitutional Initiative Petition

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Multiple Choice

What is a constitutional initiative petition?

• A)A way in which voters may place a proposed state constitutional amendment on the ballot by petition
• B)A way in which political action committees can unite in order to pressure state legislators to put a proposed state constitutional amendment on the ballot
• C)A way in which a governor can bypass the legislature and appeal directly to the people to petition their legislative representatives to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot
• D)A way in which members of the judiciary can, by a majority signing a petition, place a proposed state constitutional amendment on the ballot
• E)A defunct, nineteenth-century political device

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