State Executive Branch

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Requirement to be governor in most states?

• be born a US citizen
• be a minimum of 25-30 years old
• reside in the state for at least 10 years
• have at least a bachelor's degree

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be a minimum of 25-30 years old

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What is Pennsylvania's residency requirement to be governor?

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Resident for at least 7 years

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What three states hold a run-off election between the two highest vote recipients if no candidate wins a majority?

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Arizona, Georgia, and Louisiana

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What two states have only a two-year term for their governor? Options: New Hampshire and Vermont, California and Nevada, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, Texas and Arizona

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New Hampshire and Vermont

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For most states (44), next in line to the governor in succession is:

• the Vice Governor
• the Secretary of State
• the Speaker of the House
• the Lt. Governor

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the Lt. Governor

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The state with the lowest salary for their Governor, at $70,000/year is _____. And the state with the highest salary for their Governor is _______, at $201,689/year. Options: Mississippi / Texas, Maine / California, Tennessee / Pennsylvania, Rhode Island / California

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Maine / California

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Eighteen states allow for the citizens to remove a governor from office by a/n _______ vote.

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recall

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Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich was removed by ________. Options: impeachment, censure, recall vote, initiative

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impeachment

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What is it called when Pennsylvania and other governors can cancel parts of bills from the legislature but keep other parts of those same bills?

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line item veto

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What role of a governor involves signing or vetoing legislation?

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Legislative Leader