Quiz: Ballot Initiatives

Every state in the country is required to have a ballot question on the ballot for each election.*

True
False

Voters in Washington, a state known for its parks, forests, and evergreen landscape, decided on a ballot initiative that addressed what?*

Limiting the state’s fracking activity
Creating the nation’s first carbon fee
Increasing the state’s renewable energy standard
Curbing climate change

Massachusetts became the first state to consider – and pass – a ballot measure targeting what social issue?*

Protecting transgender rights
Imposing new requirements for recycling
Legalizing recreational use of marijuana
Expanding state funding for civics education

Florida voters considered Amendment 4, intended to restore the voting rights of 1.5 million felons. Did it pass?*

Yes
No

Voters in Colorado, Michigan, Missouri, and Utah took on measures that would take partisanship out of drawing Congressional district maps. What’s the word to describe creating voting districts that favor one group over another?*

Lobbying
Gerrymandering
Misappropriating
Redistricting

Oregon has the oldest so-called sanctuary state law in the country. This November, voters could have repealed the law but decided to keep it. What does the sanctuary state law do?*

Creates wildlife sanctuaries for endangered species
Prohibits federal development in state park lands
Protects physicians operating under the state’s Death With Dignity Act from federal prosecution
Bans state agencies from using state resources or personnel to arrest people who are in the country illegally

To address their state’s housing shortages, California voters took up a proposition that would have done what?*

Controlled rent
Increased affordable housing
Limited the development of luxury buildings
Changed zoning laws to allow for higher density residential buildings

Missouri and Arkansas voters decided to raise:*

The drinking age
Tax deductions for homeowners
The minimum wage
The state share of K-12 education funding

Idaho, Utah, and Nebraska considered whether to require their state governments to accept the expansion of which healthcare plan?*

Medicaid
Medicare
The Affordable Care Act
COBRA coverage

A 2017 analysis found that voters need what level of education to read and understand most ballot initiatives?*

Eighth grade
High school diploma
College diploma
Graduate school

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