State & Local Government

Unit of local government, usually larger than a village & smaller than a city

• County

• District

• Town

• Township

The citizens represented by lawmakers

• Selectmen

• Constituents

• Lobbyists

• Voters

Elected official in charge of county law enforcement

• District Attorney

• Police Chief

• Magistrate

• Sheriff

A method of referring potential laws directly to the people:

• Initiative

• Directive

• Referendum

• Recall

What is the process used to remove elected official from office?

• Impeachment

• Recall

• Initiative

• Directive

Three to nine officials who act as a city's legislative body:

• Selectmen

• City Council

• Commission

• Assemblymen

Governments compete with each other for

• control of local roads

• the right to set voting requirements

• control of the military

• tax money

Building highways, assisting the unemployed, and conserving natural resources are:

• Sole responsibilities of the Federal government

• Sole responsibility of State government

• Responsibilities shared by Federal & State government

• None of the above

Local goverments get their power from:

• lawmakers of the territory

• the Federal government

• A referendum

• the state

The governor's power to reject only part of a money bill is called

• pocket veto

• item veto

• executive veto

• specified veto