Public Interest Bills
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The problem examined is this study is clearly defined in the beginning of the report in the Executive Summary. The investigation was ordered because the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights was concerned that many public interest bills were not getting through the state legislator because of substantial nonvoting by members. They were also concerned about the lack of transparency of the legislative process and its accountability because the public does not have complete access to legislator voting records in general, or to Senator nonvoting records, meaning the public cannot assess the voting records of those they are voting into office. The methodology of this study is very simple, and most of it just consists of counting number, e.g. numbers of bills passed, number of nonvoters, etc. so it really needs no explanation. How figures are derived is explained as they are reported, so it is very clear where they came from. There are numerous charts, tables, and figures in the report which give a visual representation of the findings and from which the methodology of the calculations can be clearly seen. Because the documentation of the findings is so thorough, there is no difficulty at all in understanding what was done, where the numbers came from, how they were applied, or where how the final results of the report were obtained. Statistics are given to accompany charts and tables, which are explained below such charts and tables, and are very clearly presented a
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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page)
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