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  2. Local government in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The categories of local government established in this Census of Governments is a convenient basis for understanding local government in the United States. The categories are as follows: [2] County Governments; Town or Township Governments; Municipal Governments; Special-Purpose Local Governments

  3. Local government - Wikipedia

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    Egypt has a centralised system of local government officially called local administration as it is a branch of the Executive. [5] The country is divided into 27 governorates (محافظة muḥāfaẓah; Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [moˈħɑfzˤɑ]; genitive case: muḥāfaẓat [moˈħɑfzˤet]; plural: محافظات muḥāfaẓāt [moħɑfˈzˤɑːt]), [6] the top tier of local ...

  4. Right to petition in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Lobbying includes approaching a public official in secret, possibly giving them money. But petitioning, as America's founders knew it, was a public process, involving no money. Some litigants have contended that the right to petition the government includes a requirement that the government listen to or respond to members of the public.

  5. District of Columbia home rule - Wikipedia

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    The most significant intrusion into the district's local affairs since the Home Rule Act was when Congress removed the district's authority to control its finances in the mid-1990s. The situation was a result of mismanagement and waste in the district's local government, particularly during the mayoralty of Marion Barry. [60]

  6. Local election - Wikipedia

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    In Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, local elections have proven to be easier to achieve than larger scale ones that affect the national or federal government.By giving voice to people on the smaller scales of government, over such issues as water supply, power, and sewer systems, confidence is thought to be built to eventually reform higher levels of government.

  7. Government of the District of Columbia - Wikipedia

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    The Frank D. Reeves Municipal Center houses multiple local government agencies. There are two types of agencies as laid out by the Code of the District of Columbia. The first are called "subordinate" agencies and answer to the Mayor's Office. They may also be called "public agencies" or "government agencies". [6]

  8. Municipal charter - Wikipedia

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    Today, the process for granting is determined by the type of government of the state in question. In monarchies, charters are still often a royal charter given by the Crown or the authorities acting on behalf of the Crown. In federations, the granting of charters may be within the jurisdiction of the lower level of government, such as a province.

  9. Lawmaking - Wikipedia

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    Lawmaking is the process of crafting legislation. [1] In its purest sense, it is the basis of governance.. Lawmaking in modern democracies is the work of legislatures, which exist at the local, regional, and national levels and make such laws as are appropriate to their level, and binding over those under their jurisdictions.