Representative Town Meeting

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Representative Town Meeting is a method of participatory self-government applied to municipalities. It is common in New England in the United States, and has its origins in congregational self-government exercised within the English Independent or Congregationalist churches.

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Representative Town Meeting is a method of participatory self-government applied to municipalities. It is common in New England in the United States, and has its origins in congregational self-government exercised within the English Independent or Congregationalist churches.