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  2. Town meeting - Wikipedia

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    Town meeting, also known as an "open town meeting," is a form of local government in which eligible town residents can directly participate in an assembly which ...

  3. Town hall meeting - Wikipedia

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    Town hall meetings can be traced back to the colonial era of the United States and to the 19th century in Australia. [6] The introduction of television and other new media technologies in the 20th century led to a fresh flourishing of town hall meetings in the United States as well as experimentation with different formats in the United States and other countries, both of which continue to the ...

  4. Representative town meeting - Wikipedia

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    A representative town meeting, also called "limited town meeting", is a form of municipal legislature particularly common in Connecticut and Massachusetts, and permitted in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire. Representative town meetings function largely the same as open town meetings, except that not all registered voters can participate or vote ...

  5. List of municipalities in Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Towns have an open town meeting or representative town meeting form of government; cities, on the other hand, use a mayor-council or council-manager form. Based on the form of government, as of 2023, [1] there are 292 towns and 59 cities in Massachusetts. Over time, many towns have voted to become cities; 14 municipalities still refer to ...

  6. 'Dark money': Cyr, Fernandes back bill for town meeting ... - AOL

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    A town meeting is a gathering of a town’s eligible voters, as well as a legislative body for towns in Massachusetts that decides on financial appropriations, zoning and other town business.

  7. Town Meeting Day 2024: Voters head to meetings, polls around ...

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    Voters across Vermont turned out on Town Meeting Day Tuesday to vote on town and school budgets, elect municipal officials and school board members, and decide local issues.

  8. List of significant United States town hall meetings - Wikipedia

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    A number of town hall meetings in the summer of 2009 focused on healthcare and the introduction of new laws regarding health insurance. [2] Many of these meetings were dominated by protests and angry crowds opposed to the new legislation. They were motivated by a mix of political opposition and fear that changes would harm them or their ...

  9. Trump to hold town hall meeting in Flint next week, listen to ...

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    The Trump campaign said in a news release on Thursday that Trump would hold a town hall and "meet with Michiganders to listen to their concerns and share his vision to make America affordable ...