April 6, 2015
BECAUSE IT DIFFUSES POWER...:
Why do North Dakota and New Hampshire have such giant legislatures? (Philip Bump, April 6, 2015, Washington Post)
[S]omeone on Twitter reminded me that North Dakota's legislature is positively humble when compared to New Hampshire's. New Hampshire has so many legislators that its state's legislator Web site doesn't even list them all, instead bragging, "Did you know the NH House of Representatives is the third-largest parliamentary body in the English speaking world?" There are 409 of them, which is -- if I may editorialize for a minute -- dumb. (You can see them all here.) There's a sort-of reason for it: Many districts elect multiple legislators. I mean, that's the reason. I didn't say it was a great reason.
...which is the same reason we saddle our two-year termed governor with an Executive Council.
Posted by Orrin Judd at April 6, 2015 6:26 PM
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