Chapter 3

Advocacy

-Advocacy is the active support of a cause

-Persuading others to do the same

-Lobbying

-Persuading lawmakers to support a cause

-Free speech

-Special interest groups lobby

-NRA

Voting

-Basic constitutional right

-Sometimes citizens take active part in lawmaking

-True democracy / direct voting

-Initiative

-Voters propose law by petition

-Proposed law then sent to legislature or people for a vote

-Referendum

-Legislative act is submitted to people

-Recall

-Voters remove elected official from office

-Other than the above, we elect people to do our decision-making

-Representative democracy / republic

-Who can vote?

-US citizen

-18 years old

-Registered to vote

-(Problem 3.4 page 37)