1. Unit 5 Vocab

2. Provides structure and organization at a lower level To create and enforce public policy at the state and local level People are most likely to affect change at the local level Easier to get involved/easier to have contact with local level officials Issues impact you more directly Local leaders responsible to fewer people and are more willing and interested to hear you Easier to run for office/get elected yourself

3. Initiative-and issue brought up by the people which they get placed on the ballot Referendum-an issue initiated by the state legislature and then referred to the people for a final vote Recall-vote to remove a public official from office Requires signatures to call for a vote of the people, then recall election/vote takes place

4. Legislative Branch = State Legislature Function-create law Idaho has a “citizen legislature”-works part time Idaho has 35 legislative districts each with 1 Senator and 2 Representatives Judicial Branch = State Courts/State Supreme Court Function-interprets law Executive Branch = Governor Enforces law

5. City Level Executive Branch = Mayor (enforces law) Legislative Branch = City Council (makes law/policy) County Level County Commissioners = Executive and Legislative Branch

6. Mayor-Council People elect the mayor and the council independently of one another Use by cities in Ada County Draw Picture Council-Manager People elect a council who then hires a manager Draw Picture Commissioner People elect a board of commissioners that fulfills both executive and legislative branch functions Used by counties in Idaho (examples Ada County, Canyon County, etc.) Draw Picture

7. Native Americans are exempt from following state and local laws Sovereign nations Treaties Reservations/Tribal Land