A state-level method of direct legislation that gives voters a chance to approve or disapprove proposed legislation or a proposed constitutional amendment.

• A. Ballot
• B. Referendum
• C. Public opinion
• D. Absentee voting

Answer: (B)

Direct-democracy at the state level means voters vote directly on a proposal for a law or a constitutional amendment. That process is a referendum: the legislature or governing body puts the measure on the ballot, and voters decide yes or no to approve or disapprove it. This focuses on the act of approving or rejecting a measure that has been referred for a public vote, rather than on who proposed it. If citizens themselves had drafted and proposed the measure for a vote, that would be an initiative, which is a different form of direct democracy. Ballots are simply the voting method used to cast those yes or no choices, while public opinion and absentee voting refer to broader concepts or voting logistics, not the mechanism of direct legislation itself.