What has resulted from every major effort to revise or replace the Texas Constitution since 1876?
a. substantial reduction of the number of articles in the Texas Constitution
b. more flexibility in lawmakers' ability to interpret laws and provisions written in the Texas Constitution
c. a collapsing of the more redundant or repetitive amendments in the Texas Constitution into fewer, more encompassing amendments
d. a reduction of the state governor's tenure from an elected four-year term to a two-year term
e. none of these
Q. 2Which of these is not an issue generally focused on by those who advocate reform of the Texas Constitution?
a. biennial legislative sessions
b. excessive detail in the constitution
c. the plural executive branch
d. weak county governments
e. reducing the flexibility in how one interprets the constitution
Q. 3Which state constitution has been amended the most times in its history?
a. Alabama
b. Texas
c. Florida
d. California
e. Mississippi
Q. 4Vested state interests prefer which of these over the others?
a. an amendment to the state constitution in their favor
b. a change in the party alignment among the state citizenry
c. a more favorable state legislature
d. a more favorable state governor
e. a change in the political persuasions of the state citizenry
Q. 5Once an amendment proposal has been successfully approved by the Texas legislature, what is required for the amendment to be ratified?
a. a three-fourths supermajority of voters in a popular election
b. a two-thirds supermajority of voters in a popular election
c. a simple majority of voters in a popular election
d. about one-third of the voters in a popular election
e. nothing, as approval of an amendment in the state legislature automatically means the amendment is also ratified
Q. 6To successfully propose an amendment to the Texas Constitution, which of these is required?
a. a two-thirds majority in both the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate
b. a simple majority in both the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate
c. a two-thirds majority in the Texas House of Representatives and a simple majority in the Texas Senate
d. a simple majority in the Texas House of Representatives and a two-thirds majority in the Texas Senate
e. none of these
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