Elections/Position
Responsibilities
Legislative
Executive
Structure
100
This is elected to represent each district.
What is the Board of Commissioners?
100
The people who create laws are called this.
What are Commissioners?
100
These are laws that are made by the Board of Commissioners.
What are county ordinances?
100
This person is elected by the commissioners for the county's executive leader.
What is the chairperson?
100
The government structure is determined by this.
What is the Georgia Constitution?
200
This is the number of districts in Georgia.
What is 159?
200
This person keeps order in the county level.
What is the Sheriff
200
These are ways that Commissioners gain information on ordinances that should be created.
What are talk to constituents, watch the news, and attending meetings?
200
This is how long a chairperson can hold office.
What is four years?
200
This is the structure of each county in relation to the structures of the other counties.
What is the same?
300
This is how often Commissioners are elected.
What is 4 years?
300
The county government must provide these services. (at least 3 answers required)
What is the sheriff, fire protection, gas, water/sewage, health, trash, roads, and recreation.
300
These are the requirements to run for Commissioner
What are at least 21 or 18 years old, living in county for at least a year, and a citizen of the United States?
300
This is how the chairperson elections are organized so that the chairperson changes often.
What is staggered?
300
Each state is divided into these, but they might not be called counties.
What are smaller political units?
400
This is how many terms a Commissioner are run for.
What is unlimited?
400
This is one of the county's responsibilities that have led to a problem in Fulton County Schools recently.
What is issuing property taxes?
400
This is the type of background needed to become a Commissioner for a county in Georgia.
What is any background?
400
This is the job of the tax commissioner.
What is keep tax records and (along with the lower tax board) ensure that everyone has paid their taxes?
400
These are the two branches that are in county level government.
What are executive and legislative?
500
These are the four elected officials (other than commissioners) at county level.
What are Sheriff, tax commissioner, judge of probate court and clerk of superior court?
500
This is how Georgia's counties are different from political units in other states.
What is the county level can use the same power as the municipal level?
500
These are what can prevent someone from running for Commissioner.
What are convicted of felony, improper handling of public money, or mental incapacity?
500
These are the roles of the judge of the probate court.
What are oversee marriage licenses, wills, property deeds, and guardianships, and to administer oaths of office and oversee elections?
500
This is the reason that there are smaller and smaller political units in government.
What is more representation and the government is closer to the people?
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