Indiana Civics: How Your State Government Works

by bam

A practical, non-partisan guide to how the state of Indiana governs itself, and how you take part where you live. You'll learn Indiana's 1851 constitution and its distinctive strict state-debt clause (a de-facto balanced budget); the three state branches, including a deliberately weak governor whose veto can be overridden by a SIMPLE majority; how a bill becomes an Indiana law in the General Assembly (a 100-member House and a 50-member Senate); local government across Indiana's 92 counties and its more than 1,000 townships; and Indiana's elections rules: strict photo voter ID (upheld in Crawford v. Marion County), excuse-required mail voting, and a registration deadline 29 days out. It closes on how to get involved where you live. Cited to Indiana's own official sources (in.gov, iga.in.gov, in.gov/sos, in.gov/courts). Because state facts vary and change, the course flags time-sensitive items (like the Superintendent-to-Secretary-of-Education change and the Auditor-to-Comptroller rename) and points you to Indiana's own sources to confirm the current rule.

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