Title: 
Headings: How Can Individuals Monitor and Influence Government?
How
 
Can
 
Individuals
 
Monitor
 
and
 
Influence
 
Government?
 

Vote
 

Attend
 
Civic
 
Meetings
 

Petition
 
Government
 

Run
 
for
 
Office
 


Content: Individuals
 
can
 
play
 
a
 
role
 
in
 
monitoring
 
and
 
influencing
 
government
 
by
 
casting
 
a
 
vote
 
and
 
having
 
a
 
say
 
in
 
who
 
should
 
or
 
should
 
not
 
be
 
elected
 
to
 
office. Attend
 
Civic
 
Meetings
 
Attending
 
civic
 
meetings,
 
especially
 
in
 
your
 
local
 
community,
 
provides
 
you
 
with
 
a
 
face-to-
face
 
opportunity
 
with
 
your
 
government
 
leaders. By
 
attending
 
a
 
school
 
board
 
or
 
city
 
council
 
meeting
 
you
 
can
 
become
 
informed
 
on
 
the
 
important
 
issues
 
either
 
group
 
is
 
dealing
 
with. At
 
a
 
school
 
board
 
meeting,
 
you
 
can
 
learn
 
about
 
important
 
changes
 
that
 
might
 
happen
 
at
 
your
 
school
 
and
 
at
 
a
 
city
 
council
 
meeting
 
you
 
can
 
hear
 
about
 
new
 
ordinances
 
and
 
see
 
how
 
your
 
city
 
council
 
chooses
 
to
 
vote. At
 
both
 
of
 
these
 
types
 
of
 
meetings,
 
you
 
can
 
try
 
to
 
influence
 
the
 
government
 
by
 
sharing
 
your
 
opinion
 
on
 
issues. You
 
can
 
also
 
monitor
 
what
 
occurs
 
at
 
these
 
meetings
 
by
 
being
 
an
 
audience
 
member. Petition
 
Government
 
The
 
right
 
to
 
petition
 
is
 
one
 
of
 
the
 
freedoms
 
listed
 
in
 
the
 
First
 
Amendment
 
to
 
the
 
U.S.
 
Constitution. In
 
general,
 
the
 
idea
 
of
 
petitioning
 
the
 
government
 
means
 
any
 
nonviolent,
 
legal
 
means
 
of
 
encouraging
 
or
 
disapproving
 
government
 
action,
 
directed
 
to
 
the
 
judicial,
 
executive
 
or
 
legislative
 
branch. common
 
way
 
that
 
petitioning
 
the
 
government
 
occurs
 
is
 
through
 
citizens
 
writing
 
a
 
document
 
about
 
an
 
issue
 
and
 
collecting
 
signatures
 
in
 
support
 
of
 
the
 
document. These
 
documents
 
are
 
meant
 
to
 
influence
 
the
 
government
 
in
 
a
 
certain
 
way.