State and Local Government Vocab

Initiative

• The power of voters to propose legislation by petition

• The power of voters to vote for or against a law on a specific issue

• A city’s legislative and law-making body

•  A unit of general local government

Referendum

• The power of voters to propose legislation by petition

• The power of voters to vote for or against a law on a specific issue

• A set of laws that a state develops as its unique rules for their state

• Division of a state in a geographic region with specific boundaries and some governmental authority

Line-Item Veto

• Gives the role of mayor little executive power

• A city’s legislative and law-making body

• A veto power to veto certain parts of a bill

• Formal and informal activities in which citizens participate in their government or community

Municipality

• Formal and informal activities in which citizens participate in their government or community

• Division of a state in a geographic region with specific boundaries and some governmental authority

• Local government including cities, towns, and villages

•  A unit of general local government

Civic Participation

• The power of voters to vote for or against a law on a specific issue

• The Legislative Branch of Ohio’s government

• The power of voters to propose legislation by petition

• Formal and informal activities in which citizens participate in their government or community

State Constitution

• A set of laws that a state develops as its unique rules for their state

• County-level courts

• Local government including cities, towns, and villages

• Areas with certain boundaries that are a subdivision of a county

General Assembly

• Middle-level courts, with one covering the Northern district and one covering the Southern district of Ohio

• The Legislative Branch of Ohio’s government

• Gives the role of mayor little executive power

• A set of laws that a state develops as its unique rules for their state

Court of Common Pleas

• Division of a state in a geographic region with specific boundaries and some governmental authority

• Middle-level courts, with one covering the Northern district and one covering the Southern district of Ohio

• County-level courts

• A unit of general local government

District Courts

• The power of voters to propose legislation by petition

• A city’s legislative and law-making body

•  County-level courts

• Middle-level courts, with one covering the Northern district and one covering the Southern district of Ohio

Counties

• Local government including cities, towns, and villages

• Division of a state in a geographic region with specific boundaries and some governmental authority

• Areas with certain boundaries that are a subdivision of a county

• The power of voters to vote for or against a law on a specific issue