Ballot Quiz, October 10 (2011)

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1. How many initiatives are currently on the 2011 ballot?

	13
→	Sorry!
	9
→	Incorrect.
	11
→	Nope!
	12
→	Correct! Read more about Ballotpedia's 2011 ballot measure analysis

2. BALLOT MEASURE NEWS: Mississippi voters will see three measures on the ballot this year. How many of those measures are facing lawsuits?

	1
→	Wrong! Read more about Mississippi 2011 ballot measures.
	2
→	Correct! You can read more about this on the 2011 lawsuit page.
	3
→	The only measure that was not under litigation is the voter identification question.
	None
→	Incorrect!

3. In 2010, a total of 50 measures appeared on statewide ballots. What percentage of them were defeated at the polls?

	46%
→	Sorry, this is the percentage of approved initiatives.
	23%
→	This is the exact number (not percentage) of initiatives that were approved.
	54%
→	Yes! How do we know all of this information? Our analysis explains it all.
	27%
→	Congratulations! Sort of. If we had asked for the exact number (not percentage) of failed initiatives, this would have been correct.

4. WEEKLY MAP QUESTION: Which of these states implements the citizen initiative and referendum process?

	Arkansas
→	Correct! Read about initiative process in Arkansas.
	Alabama
→	Incorrect! Sorry.
	New Mexico
→	This is also incorrect.
	Kentucky
→	Wrong! Try again!

5. STATE LAWS: Which state does not allow legislatively-referred constitutional amendments to be sent to the ballot?

	Maine
→	Sorry! But Maine does not allow citizen-initiated amendments.
	Hawaii
→	Hawaii ONLY allows public votes on amendments from Legislature, nothing else.
	Vermont
→	Same as Hawaii.
	Delaware
→	This is correct! Delaware only allows public say on statutes from the Legislature

6. BONUS!

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See also

• 2011 ballot measures
• Local ballot measure elections in 2011
• Quizzes by Ballotpedia