government

1. The Capitol in Charleston was designed by ______________ and was completed in _____.
2. Our current governor is ____________ and is the state's chief executive.
3. WV law requires a person to ___________ in order to vote.
4. WV has ___ electoral votes.
*5. The current WV constitution was ratified in _____. As of 1995, ____ amendments have been added to it.
6. There are ____ (2 from each of the 17 districts) state senators and _____ delegates (elected from 56 districts throughout the state) in the WV Legislature.
7. Regular legislative sessions begin on the 2nd Wednesday of _________
and lasts ___ days.
8. The ____________________ has 2 important duties. He/She is chief election officer of the state and keeper of the Great and Less Seals of the state.
9. The highest court in the state is the _________________________ and has ___ justices.
10. The center of a county government is the _________ ______.
11. What are the 3 forms of municipal government?
12. A school board, consisting of ___ members, is the governing body for the school district. WV has ____ school districts.
13. Name the 3 branches of government.
14. WV has ___ senators and ___ representatives in the U.S. Congress.
15. What is the title of the presiding officer of the state senate?
What is the title of the leader of the house of delegates?

Answers:
1. Cass Gilbert, 1932
2. Bob Wise
3. register
4. 5
5. 1872, 64
6. 34, 100
7. January, 60
8. secretary of state
9. WV Supreme Court of Appeals, 5
10. county seat
11. mayor-council form, council-manager form, commission form
12. 5, 55
13. executive, legislative, judicial
14. 2, 3
15. president of the senate/speaker of the house