5 A key characteristic of judicial elections is:
a. low voter turnout
b. heated campaigning
c. marked by controversy
d. bar associations split over their endorsements
a
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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A) "Just become someone has served their time, doesn't mean they have paid their debt to society." B) Texas should not "make a greater effort to register former inmates to vote than we would any other group of citizens in this state." C) Former prisoners "are mostly Democrats and we don't really want them to vote, now do we?" D) "It is unfathomable that the state of Texas would waste its time and money to aid those who have wasted their lives away instead of being contributing members of society." E) "A poll tax is a poll tax is a poll tax—even if you dress it up and act like it's about helping those in need."
Which of the following refers to a court order to present a person and show the legal cause for confining the individual?
A) ?writ of certiorari. B) ?stare decisis. C) ?writ of habeas corpus. D) ?amicus curiae.
Which of the following is an instrument used in direct democracy that allows citizens to remove an elected official before the end of the individual's term?
A. policy control B. referendum C. mandate D. recall E. executive system