People state that one of the top barriers keeping them from voting is scheduling. Discuss reforms to help citizens overcome this barrier.
What will be an ideal response?
? Make election day a national holiday.? Vote prior to election day through mail-in ballots.? Provide no-fault absentee ballots (allowed in 27 states as of 2016).
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States were granted extra representation based on the number of slaves they held under which of the following?
A. The slavery population clause B. The equal population clause C. The three-fifths compromise D. The five-eighths compromise E. The census clause
In the ___________ form of municipal government, the mayor shares appointive and removal power with a city council
A) strong mayor-council B) weak mayor-council C) commission D) council-manager
Regulation of the private sector through public policy is best exemplified by __________.
A. political redistricting B. establishing environmental directives to curtail indiscriminate use of natural resources C. providing direct benefits such as welfare assistance to low-income Texans D. revising election laws
In the Comparative Political Analysis Box, political scientist
Arend Lijphart describes majoritarian democracies as having which of the following characteristics? a. unitary systems, unicameral legislatures, weak courts, and weak core executives b. federal systems, bicameral legislatures, judicial review, and weak core executives c. federal systems, unicameral legislatures, weak courts, and strong core executives d. unitary systems, bicameral legislatures, weak courts, and strong core executives