In one state, all cities and most towns have antismoking ordinances. A petition entitled "Petition for Statewide Smoking Restriction" is being circulated to voters by campaign workers who ask only, "Do you want to sign a petition for statewide smoking restriction?" The petition advocates a state law banning smoking in most retail establishments and in government offices that are open to the public.
Which of the following circumstances would make the petition as circulated misleading to voters who understand the proposal as extending the local ordinances statewide?
In one state, all cities and most towns have antismoking ordinances. A petition entitled "etition for Statewide Smoking Restriction" is being circulated to voters by campaign workers who ask only, "Do you want to sign a petition for statewide smoking restriction?" The petition advocates a state law banning smoking in most rertail establishments and in government offices that are open to the public.
Whch of the following circumstances would make the petition as circulated misleading to voters who understand the praposal as extending the local ordinances statewide?
A. Health costs associated with smoking cause health insurance permiums to rise for everyone and so affect nonsmokers.
B. In rural areas of the state, there are relatively few retail establishments and government offices that are open to the public
C. The state law would supersede the local antismoking ordinances, which contain stronger bans than the state law does.
D. There is considerable sentiment among voters in most areas of the state for restriction of smoking
E. The state law would not affect existing local ordinances banning smoking in places where the fire authorities have determined that smoking would consitiute a fire hazard.
是不是因为这句“voters who understand the praposal as extending the local ordinances statewide”? 如果local ordinances根据fire authorities的要求在某些地方禁烟,而state law又没有包含这些条款,那这个新法律就不是“extending the local ordinances statewide”了,就会有misleading voters的意思了。
问题是following circumstances would make the petition as circulated misleading to voters who understand the praposal as extending the local ordinances statewide? 就是以下那一种情况使得petition 会misleading 那些understand the praposal as extending the local ordinances statewide 的voters..
D。 The state law would supersede the local antismoking ordinances, which contain stronger bans than the state law does. D说 The state law 会 supersede 那些原来contain stronger bans than the state law 的当地,就说明这个The state law生效以后,事实上的作用会更少,所以misleading