If a state constitution requires that a bill be read aloud three times before it can be passed into law, but the legislature meets the requirement by reading only the title of the bill aloud, that practice is an example of:
A. legislative elaboration.
B. a legislative veto.
C. circumvention.
D. entailment.
Answer: C
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