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| What is the largest item in Illinois spending? |
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| How long is a Senator's term? |
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| Where does Illnois get most of its income? |
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| How many representatives does each district receive? |
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| How many districts in Illinois? |
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| What are the qualifications for being a judge? |
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| US citizen, licensed attorney of IL, live in the district s/he represents, cannot have another job at the same time |
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| What is the main duty of the judicial branch? |
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| What are the 3 different courts? |
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| Circuit, Appellate, Supreme |
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| How many Supreme Court Justices are there? |
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| What is the main function of the Legislative Branch? |
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| What are the two houses of the General Assembly? |
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| House of Representatives and Senate |
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| How many Representatives? |
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| What are the qualifications for being a member of the GA? |
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| at least 21 years old, a citizen, and a resident of the district s/he represents for 2 years |
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| A majority of the members of the GA |
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| Who tries impeachment cases? |
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| Who starts impeachment cases? |
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| How long is a representative's term? |
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| What is the main function of the Executive Branch? |
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| What are the qualifications for being a governor? |
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| at least 25 years old, IL resident for 3 years, a US citizen |
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| How long is the term for the governor? |
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| Who is our current Governor |
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| Who is our current Lt. Governor? |
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| We don't have one and won't get one until 2010 |
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| What are some powers that the governor has? |
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| can call special sessions of the GA, appoint members of state govt., grant pardons, gives the State of the State Address, and is in charge of the state militia |
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| What are the three types of vetoes? |
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| Regular, item, amendatory |
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| What does the Attorney General do? Who is our current Attorney General? |
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| Legal officer of the state; Lisa Madigan |
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| Who keeps the Great Seal? |
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| Who is our current Sec. of State? (hint..DMV) |
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| What does the comptroller do? |
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| Maintains the state's money |
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| What does the treasurer do? |
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| Maintains investments of the state |
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| What are the eligibility requirements for voting in Illinois? |
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| at least 18 years old, a citizen, a resident of the district for at least 30 days, and registered to vote at least 28 days before the election |
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| What is a referendum? Example? |
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| Voters are asked to vote on public issues - property tax increase for schools |
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| How soon must a bill passed in the GA be sent to the Governor for action? |
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| What happens if the governor does not act on a passed bill after 60 days? |
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| If the Governor vetoes a bill, does it automatically die? |
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| No. It goes back to the GA for a re-vote. |
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