Constituency
People who are represented by an elected official are constituents.
Impeachment
An "elected" official faces the voters and runs for election by popular vote. An "appointed" official does not have to be elected by the voters, they are hired/employed by an arm or agency of government to fill a vacancy for a specific needed skill or expertise.
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recall
The difference between responsible government and representative government is that responsible government is a government subject to the votes of the people and the representative government is a government made up of officials elected to office by the people.
A "Recall" is a process in many areas where an elected official can be removed from office by the voters.
The voters of the municipality votes in their elected officials. Some of the official that may be voted in include the Mayor, Council, Police Chief and Clerk.
How can you be a responsible voters
The mayor-council form has a mayor elected by voters.
The electoral college, made up of elected politicians, makes the official decision on who the president will be. Putting this power with the elected officials means that the so-called "uninformed voters" would not be wholly in control of the presidential decision.