POLS 207 Exam 2 Ch. 7
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- Formal Powers
- Gubernatorial authority established in state statutes or a state constitution; a governor's tenure potential, appointment, budget and veto powers, and party control
- Informal Powers
- a governor's strength stemming from personal attributes or unusual circumstances
- Veto Power
- rejection of proposed legislation by the chief executive (governor), usually subject to legislative override by a two-thirds vote of both houses
- Line Item Veto
- the power of a governor to reject certain portions of a legislative appropriations bill without killing the entire bill
- "Pork" or "Turkeys"
- pet projects in the budget that will benefit an individual legislator's district but not any others; often vetoed by a governor
- Coattails
- in politics, a reference to the effect that a party's leaders may have on voting for that party's candidates for other offices
- Candidate-Centered Election
- refers to an election primarily focusing on the personal qualities of the candidates
- Pocketbook Issues
- Those affecting a voter's wallet; economic issues
- Off-Year Elections
- usually refers to an election not in the same years as a presidential election
- Tenure Power
- the length of time an elected official can serve in office
- Executive Order
- a directive issued by a chief executive to administrative agencies
- Appointment Power
- authority to choose officials to head agencies, sit on various boards and commission
- Divided Government (Power Split)
- a government in which one party controls the governor's office while another party controls one or both houses of the legislature
- Impeachment
- the power of legislatures to remove executive and judicial officers from office for good cause; generally the lower house must first vote for impeachment, then the upper house must hold a trial and vote for removal
- Recall Process
- initiated by a citizen petition, it allows a vote on whether to remove an elected official from office before his or her term is completed
- Media Savvy
- knowledge of how to use the press to get one's message across to the public
- Post-Audit
- an auditor's duty, in involves making sure that expenditures and investment of state funds have been made in accordance with the law; done after expenditure is made
- Pre-Audit
- the state comptroller's duty; it involves making sure that a prospective departmental expenditure is in accordance with the law and does not exceed the appropriations made by the legislature before any expenditure is made by the treasurer