GCSU GA Government Exam - Spann-
Questions with Complete Answers
Governors office - ANSWER The administrative organization through which the governor of
Texas makes appointments, prepares a biennial budget recommendation, administers
federal and state grants for crime prevention and law enforcement, and confers full and
conditional pardons on recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Dillon's Rule - ANSWER A premise articulated by Judge John F. Dillon in 1868 which
states that local governments do not have any inherent sovereignty and instead must
be authorized by state governments that can create or abolish them.
Who has more counties than Georgia - ANSWER Texas
Role of the Local Government - ANSWER •provides protection and
services at a local level
•Ex: operating school
system, building &
maintaining roads, and
keeping track of records.
Probate Office - ANSWER Handle things like marriage, licenses, guardianship of
minors etc
Are mayors partisan or not? - ANSWER Most mayors are nonpartisan
, Voter ID Laws - ANSWER GA first state
- laws requiring that voters show government made ID at polls, done by Republicans to
decrease voter fraud but also deters lots of Democrats from voting because elderly and
poor are less likely to get a good enough ID
Has Georgia been in court for ID laws - ANSWER no
Runoff elections - ANSWER When no candidate receives more than 50 percent of
the votes in a nonpartisan primary for trial court judge or local office, the top two
candidates face each other in a runoff.
open primaries - ANSWER Elections to select party nominees in which voters can
decide on Election Day whether they want to participate in the Democratic or
Republican contests.
How are Georgia's elections different? - ANSWER Open primaries
Runoff elections
Non-partisan offices - ANSWER - Judges
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How does Georgia set most of the legislative agenda for the year? - ANSWER Three
person team of floor leaders
line-item veto - ANSWER Power to strike, or remove, specific items from a bill
without vetoing the entire package
Questions with Complete Answers
Governors office - ANSWER The administrative organization through which the governor of
Texas makes appointments, prepares a biennial budget recommendation, administers
federal and state grants for crime prevention and law enforcement, and confers full and
conditional pardons on recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Dillon's Rule - ANSWER A premise articulated by Judge John F. Dillon in 1868 which
states that local governments do not have any inherent sovereignty and instead must
be authorized by state governments that can create or abolish them.
Who has more counties than Georgia - ANSWER Texas
Role of the Local Government - ANSWER •provides protection and
services at a local level
•Ex: operating school
system, building &
maintaining roads, and
keeping track of records.
Probate Office - ANSWER Handle things like marriage, licenses, guardianship of
minors etc
Are mayors partisan or not? - ANSWER Most mayors are nonpartisan
, Voter ID Laws - ANSWER GA first state
- laws requiring that voters show government made ID at polls, done by Republicans to
decrease voter fraud but also deters lots of Democrats from voting because elderly and
poor are less likely to get a good enough ID
Has Georgia been in court for ID laws - ANSWER no
Runoff elections - ANSWER When no candidate receives more than 50 percent of
the votes in a nonpartisan primary for trial court judge or local office, the top two
candidates face each other in a runoff.
open primaries - ANSWER Elections to select party nominees in which voters can
decide on Election Day whether they want to participate in the Democratic or
Republican contests.
How are Georgia's elections different? - ANSWER Open primaries
Runoff elections
Non-partisan offices - ANSWER - Judges
-
How does Georgia set most of the legislative agenda for the year? - ANSWER Three
person team of floor leaders
line-item veto - ANSWER Power to strike, or remove, specific items from a bill
without vetoing the entire package
