Reforming Government: ; Hampshire's 'Quiet Revolution'
Sunday Gazette-Mail › January 26, 2009
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Last month, the West Virginia Supreme Court essentially repealed one of the most truly democratic provisions found in any state constitution in the United States.
The case is Committee to Reform Hampshire County Government v. Richard Thompson, Speaker of the WV House of Delegates, and Earl Ray Tomblin, President of the WV Senate.See the full content of this document
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Reforming Government: ; Hampshire's 'Quiet Revolution'
It involves Article IX, Section 13 of the state constitution allowing residents of a county to choose the form of government under which they exercise their local democracy. Under this provision, if 10 percent of county vote...
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