Which statements correctly describe the referendum process? check all that apply. a. a petition must be filed by voters to begin the referendum process. b. only new laws or recent amendments to existing laws are considered. c. the legislature must accept the referendum before it goes to voters. d. the governor cannot veto a referendum that the voters approve. e. the referendum becomes law once the governor has signed it.

B is the correct answer. In the referendum process only new laws or recent amendments to existing laws are considered.  They allow citizens of many U.S. states - especially in the West - to place new legislation on a popular ballot, or to place legislation that has recently been passed by a legislature on a ballot for a popular vote, being thus a type of direct democracy.

classical republicanism, also known as civic humanism, is a form of republicanism  developed in the renaissance inspired by the governmental forms and writings of  classical  antiquity, especially such  classical  writers as aristotle, polybius, and cicero.

american political culture includes a plenty of focus views and preferences. not all westerns experience the same opinions, of course, but the large preponderance promises to these general ideas, including equality, justice, freedom, individualism, integrity, and difference.

the united states is a democratic republic. residents elect representatives to governmental, nation, and local administration; those deputies create the regulations that command u.s. community. although emptiness in u.s. law needs it, in usage, the administrative system is ruled by executive factions.