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Boys State is organized into three distinct political units. All delegates are members of the first unit called a city. It consists of a dormitory floor housing about 60 delegates. This group selects a mayor and city council which then appoints various city officials.

There are three dorm floors (cities) in each dormitory building which constitutes a county. Although there are elected county officials, there is very little done in at county level government. The four dormitories (counties) constitutes Boys State.

In order to insure that each delegate has a complete legislative experience, each dormitory (county) has a complete legislature of house and senate. Delegates are randomly assigned to a political party (boomer or sooner) and to a legislature (representative or senator).

After elections, delegates either remain in the legislature or move to their newly elected positions. The members of the executive branch have their location and the members of the judicial branch have theirs.