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States

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Primarily through reserved powers 10th amendments

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Local governments

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Primarily through specific grants, power is delegated in detail

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Classic definition of federalism

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A system of government consisting of the nation government and its three branches state government and it’s three benches and local government

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Relationship between the states and their local governments is

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Not a partnership at all, or lopsided where state is the dominant powerî

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Montana constitution defines local government as

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Counties and Incorporated cities and towns

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Montana does not have

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Townships

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Counties are our

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Oldest unit of government, first major subdivision in most states in some states, counties are called parishes and bureaus

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Counties exist to

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Perform state functions at the local level

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Most county government in the US utilize or are required to utilize our form of government called

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The commission form

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The commission form is

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The legislative body and must be elected

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The county legislative body is

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County commission

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In most states the County commission is comprised of

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Three elected commissioners

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Problem with three

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One dominant personality can control the actions/decisions of the commission is that person can influence one of the other two commissioners

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The roles of counties began changing after

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World war two

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Dillons rule

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A rule of judicial interpretation that a municipality may exercise only those powers expressively conferred by statute necessarily or fairly implied by the express power in the statue or sensual and not merely convenient

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Dillons rule effectively means

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No such thing as implied powers

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Dillons approach is

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One size fits all, counties with small or large populations must follow the same rules

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When Montana was admitted in 1889 it had

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10 counties

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In 1928 thanks to a new law Montana had

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55 counties one created later for Fergus county

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Primary motivation to reduce the size of counties was

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To reduce the distance to the county seat to conduct business it such as voting filing property deeds and records paying taxes etc

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The second motivation to reduce the size of counties was

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Have a higher degree of local control of self government by being able to select an interact more directly with those elected to perform state functions

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Forms of County Government

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Commission form, commission manager form, commission executive form, commission per siding officer form

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Commission form

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Voters elect county commissioners and justice of the peace, commissioners appoint county officials 95% of counties do this

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Commission manager form

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Voters elect county commissioners and justice of the peace, commissioners appoint county manager who appoints all employees

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Commission executive form

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Voters elect county commissioners, executive, and justice of the peace, executive elects all board members

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Commission presiding officer form

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Voters elect county commissioners and justice of the peace, commissioners elect presiding officier who appoints departments

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In Montana once every 10 years the voters of each county presentation about that are given the opportunity to vote on whether

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They would like to change the form of government, there for two hours voter review of local government

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Form a municipal government

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State gov has no role in corporation, provides services desired by a group of citizens, services like fire sewar water planning library

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An elected mayor is the chief executive who is responsible for

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The administration of the municipal government, city council is legislative

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Most of the larger cities in Montana utilize

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The commission manager form of government

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Powers of local governments under the 1972 Montana constitution

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Delegated and reserved

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Delegated

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Called general government power

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Reserved

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Called self government powers

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Local government rely on Powers to determine what they may or may not do in the serving of the public this has been more significant issues for Inc. is in town as demands for

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Services outside of city boundaries

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Suburbanization

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A process by which individuals and families moved her settled outside of incorporate cities and towns to enjoy the minute he’s of country living and avoid paying city taxes

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Voter review of local government

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Process by which voters may express an interest in altering the form of government of the county or Inc. city/town in which they reside

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If a majority vote is yes to change local government

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A special commission is elected at a later recommendation its members are responsible for preparing a plan of government for the voters to prove or disapprove at the third election

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Local governments in Montana may elect to operate under a

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Charter

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Charter

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Like a constitution, I locate power, may serve to restrict how are starburst conditions that must be met before power may be exercised, specifies the structure of the legislature and executive branches

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The Montana constitution for local government does not include

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Schools and courts district and justice

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Special service district

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Those that citizens may create to provide an entity to provide urban type services in rule areas

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Special service districts are governed by

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And elected body called the board, board members are elected by the eligible voters who reside in the district, adopt a budget and it authorizes the county to collect taxes to fund it

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City county consolidation

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Merging the government of been incorporated city/town with the county government

44
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City county consolidation requires

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A single bowl of all eligible voters in the county affected, requires a charter

45
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City of view and Silverbell county and the city of Anaconda and deer lodge county were merged

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Voters in each tradition diction approve the mergers in 1976, each has its own shorter/constitution, each has a unique structure

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County county consolidation has never

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Been approved

47
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Montana cafeteria metaphor

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Power: entree
Structure: side dishes

48
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Power: entree

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General government, self government (home rule)

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General government

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Dillion rule, the delegation of power must be specific and it is usually very narrow, flexible in meeting the needs of citizens

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Self government powers

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Home rule, residual powers, local governments are allowed to except use any power so long as the state constitution, state law or local charter do prohibit the excel use of that power

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structure: side dishes

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How old chief executive big selected, size of commission, Pardison elections or non-partisan, other elected officials how many

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Annexation

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A process by which Inc. cities and towns adjust the boundaries in order to serve residents outside the city in need of a broad array of services

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Motivations of annexation

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Provide services, expand property tax base

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The state lobby the Montana legislature to enact laws that were Hibbetts an area within 3 miles of incorporate city from

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Incorporating informing its own government, leaves a populated area ranging large cities in Montana with no choice but to for multiple service districts

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Voter fraud

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And intentional violation of law intended to influence the outcome of an election willful intent

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Examples of voter fraud

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Voter in personation, same person voting more than once, but buying, absentee fraud, voter intimidation, improperly total in the votes cast

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Absentee fraud

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Usually when a disabled person relies on another person to assist them in filling out an absentee ballot

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Voter intimidation

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One person threatens another into voting in a way here she would not have voted

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Those who believe voter fraud is rampant want to impose requirements that I have the fact of reducing the number of people who are either eligible to vote and

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Who actually vote if they are eligible

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The most common of these requirements is a voter identification card with a photo issued by governmental agency

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Drivers license passport or a gun permit

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For minorities in low income individuals of all ages voter ID has become a barrier to voting because

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Of obtaining one and paying for one, the result is a voter suppression

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President Trump formed

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Advisory commission on voter integrity

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Advisory commission on voter integrity

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Formed in a Sumption that voter fraud is rampant, requested registered voter names party affiliations addresses and last four numbers of Social Security numbers

64
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States conduct elections

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Incidence of voter fraud according to securities of state is nonexistent

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Historically education has been the primary responsible of

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The states

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Origins in the Northwest ordinance and land ordinance enacted by Congress of the confederation under

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The articles of confederation

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Northwest ordinance

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Townships

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Land ordianance

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Public education, land grant colleges do agriculture and farming

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Who is involved with delivering public education

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Taxpayers, voters, legislature, board of land commissioners, Board of Education, superintendent of schools, board of trustees

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Taxpayers

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Where the money comes from

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Voters

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Elects board of trustees

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Legislature

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Decides on portion of state funding

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Board of Land commissioners

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Five elected officials, how much activity takes place

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Board of Education

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Public education and a board of regents

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Public education

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Establishes general procedures appointed by Governor

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Board of regents

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Supervisors university system

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Board of trustees

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Elected by school districts

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Local control

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We know better about how to run our school district

79
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List of peoples control and education

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District Court, principal, Vice Principal, teachers, students, parents

80
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Elementary and secondary education act of 1965

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Government starts to get involved in education

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No Child left behind 2015

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Need to have smarter kids, national government test students for results

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Funding K 12 system

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Money comes from local property tax and state wide property tax state general fund

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Funding K 12 system

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Money comes from local property tax and state wide property tax state general fund

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