Released in 2020 but is considered part of the 2011 Girl’s Guide.
The Cadette’s Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting page has the information on when all badges were released.

Five steps are needed to complete this badge:

1. Find out about local government
2. Find out about state government
3. Find out about our country’s legislative branch
4. Find out about our country’s executive branch
5. Find out about our country’s judicial branch

Note – Please see our Affiliations page to know if any of the links on The Badge Archive benefit the website in anyway.

Resources

• Leader Guide available in Girl Scout Shop online
• Official badge is available in Girl Scout Shop online
  or look for your local shop to save on shipping
• PDF Online Booklet from GSUSA Council

Troop Meeting Ideas

• Blueprints for Troop Leaders from GSUSA
• GSUSA VTK – No links
  Only Accessible through MyGS log-in on Council’s website
• Badge Boxes from Jerseyshore GS

At Home Individual Girls

• PDF from GSKSMO Virtual (New At Home Program)
• PDF from GSSEF
• PDF from GSWestOK

Multi-Level Matches

Check out other badges that might work well with this badge when doing activities with multiple levels.  These are simply suggestions and may take some creativity and extra steps to earn all the badges in various levels.

A Multi-Level Troop will need to do extra steps when earning different badges across levels. It depends on how many requirements overlap. Some will only have one or two matching requirements.

If there is no badge in a level, we suggest that a level earns a Fun Patch related to the rest of the badges instead of an official badge.

• Daisy – Democracy for Daisies
• Brownie – Democracy for Brownies
• Junior – Democracy for Juniors
• Cadette – Democracy for Cadettes
• Senior – Democracy for Seniors
• Ambassador – Democracy for Ambassadors

Uniform Placement

This badge should go where #14 is stated on the GSUSA Uniform Guide.

(Note – Badges and pins on a sash simply go in order (top of sash to bottom of sash) of Identification badges, bridging badge, pins, journeys, and other badges. Anything that does not fit on the front can be placed on the back of the sash. Sashes will not hold a lot of badges and vests are recommended if you plan to earn badges.)

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