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A citizen legislature is a legislative chamber made up primarily of citizens who have a full-time occupation besides being a legislator. Such citizen legislatures can be found on the state level, as in some U.S. states, or on the national level as in Switzerland. [1]
They are often called traditional or citizen legislatures and they are most often found in the smallest population, more rural states. Again, NCSL has divided these states into two groups. The legislatures in Gold are the most traditional or citizen legislatures.
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A citizen legislature is a legislative body composed of members who are not professional politicians but rather ordinary citizens who serve for a limited time, often alongside their regular jobs.
Ten American states have a full-time state legislature. A full-time state legislature is defined as a legislature that meets throughout the year. All other legislators are considered part-time because they only meet for a portion of the year.
When political scientists talk about this variation, we tend to use the term “legislative professionalism” or “legislative capacity”, and the fulltime-ness of the body is just one aspect of how legislatures are categorized.
In some more rural and less populous states, you’ll find what are known as citizen legislatures that meet for just a few weeks of the year, where lawmaker salaries can fall well below the ...
A recent magazine article featuring my categorization of legislatures as "professionalized," "hybrid" and "citizen" has generated several recent inquiries about which type of legislature is better. I have an answer to this question, but first a few words about terminology.
As a shining beacon of democracy, citizen legislature is an allegory for increased democratic participation. It allows individuals from all walks of life to step up and be heard in the political arena, promoting higher engagement among constituents.
What is a Citizen Legislature? Here in New Mexico, we have what is called a “citizen legislature”, meaning that our state lawmakers do not receive a salary and typically have full-time occupations outside of their legislative duties.